VoiceXML (Voice eXtensible Markup Language)

A set of specifications for a high-level program-

ming interface to speech and telephony resources for the development of speech recognition technology.

Voice XML is based on the industry standard XML developed by the World Wide Web Consortium

(W3C) for use on the World Wide Web (WWW). See also speech recognition and XML.

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• Postel, Jon (1943–1998)
• Postel’s Law
• Post Office Code Standardization Advisory Group (POCSAG)
• Post Office Protocol (POP)
• Post, Telegraph, and Telephone (PTT)
• potential
• POT (Point Of Termination)
• POTS (Plain Old Telephone Service)
• pound sign
• power back-off
• power density
• powered device (PD)
• power failure cut-through
• power failure transfer
• powerline carrier (PLC)
• power over Ethernet (PoE)
• power (P)
• power sourcing equipment (PSE)
• p-persistent carrier sense multiple access (P-Persistent CSMA)
• P-Persistent CSMA (P-Persistent Carrier Sense Multiple Access)
• P-phone (Proprietary phone)
• P-phone (Proprietary phone)
• PPO (Private Paging Operator)
• PPO (Private Paging Operator)
• PPPoA (PPP over ATM)