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turkey tones

turkey tones noun: the intercept sound and frequencies a PBX system generates due to dialing error or denial of the service as requested.

Noun

turkey tones pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only, slang) The intercept sound and frequencies a PBX system generates due to dialing error or denial of the service as requested.
  2. (plural, plural-only) An alternating high/low tone and frequency generated on PBX/PSTN systems (hi-lo-hi-lo-hi-lo).

Questions about turkey tones

What does turkey tones mean?
Turkey tones means the intercept sound and frequencies a PBX system generates due to dialing error or denial of the service as requested.
What part of speech is turkey tones?
Turkey tones is a noun.

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