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Record 1 2024-02-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telephony and Microwave Technology
  • Internet and Telematics
DEF

Attempts by two people to catch each other on the telephone, leaving each other messages in the meantime. (J.S. Quarterman, The E-Mail Companion, 1994, p. 297).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Téléphonie et techniques hyperfréquences
  • Internet et télématique
DEF

Impossibilité dans laquelle se trouvent deux correspondants de se joindre par téléphone, chacun d'eux étant absent quand l'autre l'appelle.

Spanish

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