Prepaid World Index Glossary
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| Value Added Reseller (VAR) - - Company offering
services other than the core service. For example, a company who sells
computers and offers training, service, and on-going maintenance is considered
a VAR. |
| Vanity Number - - A specific 800 or 888 number (may
spell something). |
| Verified Account Codes - - See Account Codes. A finite
list of carrier-verified, predefined Account Codes. |
| Vocoder - - Compresses a digital signal and then
decompresses it. (Also known as coder.) |
| Voice Mail - - An automatic answering service with the
ability to record a message. Unlike simple answering machines, Voice mail uses
a programmable computer system with options such as temporary call routing,
monitoring and reporting, etc. |
| Voice Mail Box - - The assignment of one user/number on
a voice mail system. |