If any of my mates have been trying to phone me over the past 24 hours I'm sorry that the answer message has greeted them but tough.
What does ANM stand for?
ANM stands for Answer Message (telecommunications)
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- Information technology (IT) and computers
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Samples in periodicals archive:
I came home to an answer message from the education department asking me to contact them to let them know what school my daughter was attending.
An answer message system is in operation outside these times).
You can effectively answer messages which contain multiple, rambling questions immediately after each question, by using a different, contrasting color for each answer.
His mobile phone answer message plays The Temps' first hit, Check Yourself, before his Texarkana accent drawls, "If you're calling Otis you'd better check yourself, and if you believe it, leave it.
With the VX9400, you have the ability to make calls, answer messages, and when finished, go right back to enjoying TV programs -- just like if a consumer were to step away from the television set during a program for a minute or two at home.
Teachers certainly don't have the time to monitor and answer messages during school time, which would mean staff would have to work even more anti-social hours than they already tend to do marking and writing reports.
It seems we are obsessed with technology and for a good many people interrupting a face-to-face meeting to answer messages is seen as, not rude as we might have expected, but a sign of efficiency.