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: --
If the user moves location, the dialler reconfigures itself.
This eliminated the need for any manual operation, a handset, or a dialler.
Additionally, while he is on the phone, a lizard is seen moving across the dialler.
The need for automated outbound dialling was considerably less common, and handled through a separate peripheral device, a dialler.
There, to save time, we are developing repertory diallers which will enable lists of frequently used numbers to be recorded, selected and dialled automatically when needed.
Any attempt to control the installation of auto-diallers would therefore involve tackling only part of the problem.
Every day, my inbox contains e-mails carrying diallers, which are effectively viruses.
The push-button dialler was developed many years ago, but it is still as far away as ever for the ordinary subscriber.
