Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A communications protocol for transmitting telephone calls over a computer network, especially the Internet.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • abbreviation Internet voice over Internet Protocol (usually read as "Voice over IP"), a telecommunications system that uses the Internet or other Internet Protocol network to transmit telephone calls

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[V(oice) o(ver) I(nternet) P(rotocol).]

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Examples

  • The term VoIP stands for voice over Internet Protocol.

    CIO.in 2009

  • The term VoIP stands for voice over Internet Protocol.

    CIO.in 2009

  • The term VoIP stands for voice over Internet Protocol.

    CIO.in 2009

  • The term VoIP stands for voice over Internet Protocol.

    CIO.in 2009

  • The term VoIP stands for voice over Internet Protocol.

    CIO.in 2009

  • The term VoIP stands for voice over Internet Protocol.

    CIO.in 2009

  • It's time for we in the industry to sacrifice the term VoIP and all the accompanying baggage of cheap calling, and move forward.

    Alec Saunders SquawkBox 2009

  • The term VoIP stands for voice over Internet Protocol.

    CIO.in 2009

  • The term VoIP stands for voice over Internet Protocol.

    CIO.in 2009

  • The term VoIP stands for voice over Internet Protocol.

    CIO.in 2009

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