Jul
01
2008
Just when we were going to post the next series of “What is,” Mr. Cory Andrews scoops us with his “Ask Mr. Andrews: What is NAT Transversal?” post. He even made a super cool logo.
Well, we have only 2 comments:
- No Star Wars or Dungeons & Dragons references?
- Two Words: Ben Affleck
Seriously, it’s a nice post. And if you liked it, please check out:
May
01
2008
Wow, great question. DTM and F are what we tech people call “letters.” Letters can be strung together to form words. Now, DTMF is an advanced string which we call an acronym. (Before you ask, an acronym is a word formed by the initial letters of a phrase)
Are you as bored as me? Must be if you’re still reading this… but anyway we digress…
The acronym DTMF comes from the phrase Dual-Tone Multi Frequency. Basically, if you have a “touch-tone” phone (at Voip Tech Chat we get paid every time that we use quotes) you can hear a special tone when you press a number. If you’re a really bored person, you can even use these tones to make music. For example, if you wanted to play Mary had a Little Lamb, you can press: Continue Reading »