ANI
Term · Industrial and trades · MLC-T-IND-000209
A telecommunications feature, Automatic Number Identification, that transmits a caller's billing telephone number to the receiving party or a third-party service. In industrial applications, it is used for logging service calls, authenticating remote access to control systems, or triggering automated emergency response protocols based on the call's origin. ANI data is distinct from caller ID, which provides the subscriber's name and number for display purposes.
| Identifier | MLC-T-IND-000209 |
|---|---|
| Field | Industrial and trades |
| Subject | Electrical engineering |
| Translations | German: ANI; Spanish: ANI; French: ANI |
Record as JSON
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"definition": "A telecommunications feature, Automatic Number Identification, that transmits a caller's billing telephone number to the receiving party or a third-party service. In industrial applications, it is used for logging service calls, authenticating remote access to control systems, or triggering automated emergency response protocols based on the call's origin. ANI data is distinct from caller ID, which provides the subscriber's name and number for display purposes.",
"subject": "Electrical engineering",
"translations": {
"de": "ANI",
"es": "ANI",
"fr": "ANI"
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"url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/ani/"
}
Record 223 of 7,291 in Industrial and trades terminology (MLC-0113). Request the full dataset.