: a telephone service that allows a subscriber to identify the telephone number of a caller before answering the call
called also caller identification
Examples of caller ID in a Sentence
a phone system with caller ID
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As her name appears on screen indicating an incoming call, the caller ID image that shows up in the background is of an infamous conflict that was caught on camera.
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Mackenzie Schmidt, Peoplemag, 16 May 2024
The companies also allegedly misled customers by manipulating caller IDs and posing as employees calling from flower shops or pizzerias to trick borrowers into disclosing their locations or their vehicles’ for repossession purposes.
—Gretchen Morgenson, NBC News, 4 Apr. 2024
The Watch What Happens Live host also clarified that the scam callers hacked the caller ID system, so their call appeared as the name of his bank on Cohen’s phone.
—Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 1 Jan. 2024
Hundreds of cases of swatting occur annually, with some using caller ID spoofing to disguise their number.
—Jeff Amy, Fortune, 29 Dec. 2023
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Mackenzie Schmidt, Peoplemag, 16 May 2024
The companies also allegedly misled customers by manipulating caller IDs and posing as employees calling from flower shops or pizzerias to trick borrowers into disclosing their locations or their vehicles’ for repossession purposes.
—Gretchen Morgenson, NBC News, 4 Apr. 2024
The Watch What Happens Live host also clarified that the scam callers hacked the caller ID system, so their call appeared as the name of his bank on Cohen’s phone.
—Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 1 Jan. 2024
Hundreds of cases of swatting occur annually, with some using caller ID spoofing to disguise their number.
—Jeff Amy, Fortune, 29 Dec. 2023
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“Caller ID.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/caller%20ID. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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caller ID
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: a telephone service that identifies the phone number of a caller
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