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media server
Last modified: Thursday, July 19, 2007
In Internet and online communications, the media server processes all
multimedia
applications, such as call distribution, on-demand faxing, e-mail programs and
others. In VoIP specific applications, the media server possesses and generates
the media streams and handles all functions related to tasks such as decoding
tones, bridging multiple streams, processing scripts, and recording audio.