0 a piece of software that allows people to connect to a phone number, for example over the internet, or by speaking a name or number into their mobile phone:
1 an electronic device that calls a list of numbers automatically:
This dialler can be used equally effectively for local, trunk and international calls where subscribers can dial direct.
If there were no monopoly one could have repertory diallers which remember telephone numbers and dial a number when it is wanted.
The list of apparatus liberalised already includes extension telephones, telex teleprinters, discrete modems, all kinds of apparatus incorporating integral modems, call-makers and repetory diallers.
He can at once talk back to the dialler and help is sent.
At present, no automatic diallers are generally available, although a few telephone users have been trying out some prototype models for us.
The push-button dialler was developed many years ago, but it is still as far away as ever for the ordinary subscriber.
Every day, my inbox contains e-mails carrying diallers, which are effectively viruses.
Any attempt to control the installation of auto-diallers would therefore involve tackling only part of the problem.
