VoIP

Proper noun

1. Voice over Internet Protocol, a telecommunications system that uses the Internet or other Internet Protocol network to transmit telephone calls.
   • The VoIP Forum is dedicated to enabling and promoting industry-wide interoperability between products that send telephony over the Internet and private IP enterprise networks. This interoperability will allow seamless...
   • VoIP "represents a group of competing companies who've gotten together to agree on standards," Pulver says. "It's very important," and is good news for users, because their co-operation will move Internet telephony...