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T 931/95

Imagine you want to talk to your friend who lives far away from you. You can't just shout out loud and expect your friend to hear you. That's where a telephone comes in handy. It allows you to talk to someone who is really far away from you by simply talking into a small device called a "receiver" that you hold up to your ear.

Now imagine that you want to talk to someone in another country. The wire that connects your phone to your friend's phone will need to go very far, right? And because there are so many other people who want to talk to their friends who live far away too, we need a way to make sure that the wires don't get too crowded and mixed up. That's where "protocols" like T931/95 come in.

T931/95 is a specific protocol that was created to help computers and phones talk to each other over long distances. It's like a special set of rules that these devices follow, so that they can understand each other even if they are very far apart.

For example, when you pick up your phone to call your friend in another country, your phone will say "hello" to the other phone using T931/95. This protocol will make sure that the message gets to your friend's phone correctly, even if there are lots of other people trying to talk on the same wires.

So, in summary, T931/95 is a special set of rules that devices like phones and computers use to communicate with each other over long distances, making sure that the messages get to where they need to go, even if there are lots of other people using the same wires.
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