Matthews, Gordon (1937–2002)

The inventor of modern voice processing systems, Matthews filed the

basic patents and first commercialized the systems. Matthews was on a business trip in the 1970s and was having trouble reaching his office to pick up his messages due to time zone differences. He mentioned the

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• INRIA (National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique)
• insertion gain
• insertion loss
• inside plant (ISP)
• inside vapor deposition (IVD)
• inside wire and cable
• Instant Messaging and Presence (IMP)
• Instant Messaging and Presence Protocol (IMPP)
• Instant Messaging and Presence Protocol (IMPP)
• instant messaging (IM)
• Institute of Electronic and Electrical Engineers (IEEE)
• Institute of Electronic and Electrical Engineers (IEEE)
• Insulated Cable Engineers Association (ICEA)
• insulation
• insulator
• insure
• integrated access device (IAD)
• integrated circuit
• integrated messaging
• integrated services digital network (ISDN)
• Integrated Services LAN (ISLAN)
• intellectual property
• intelligent network (IN)
• intelligent peripheral (IP)
• Interactive Video and Data Services (IVDS)