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(ān) pronunciation
adj. Scots
Own.


(Advanced Intelligent Network) The Telcordia/Bellcore version of the "intelligent network," which is the public switched telephone system (PSTN). The AIN provides enhanced voice, video and data services and dynamic routing capabilities by using two different networks. The actual voice call is transmitted over a circuit-switched network, but the signaling is done on a separate packet-switched network known as SS7. See IN and SS7.

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Ain may refer to:

  • Ain, a département of France
  • Ain (mythology), an Irish mythological figure
  • Ain (Bible), a biblical city
  • Ain, Iran, a village in Qazvin Province, Iran
  • Ain Roost, a Swedish-Canadian discus thrower
  • A traditional name for Epsilon Tauri
  • Al Ain, a city in the United Arab Emirates
  • Al Ain Club, a football club in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
  • The Ain, a river in eastern France
  • The Hebrew word for nothing or absence, see Ein Sof
  • The letter ʿayin in Semitic scripts such as Arabic and Hebrew
  • an uncommon surname that often (if not, usually) suggests an Estonian background

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En-rimmon (place – in the Old Testament)
Ain (department, France)
Ain (in the Bible)
Varno (family name)
Marmon (family name)