Callee vs Operator - What's the difference?
callee | operator |
(telephony) The person who is called by the caller (on the telephone).
(computing) A function called by another.
One who operates.
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A telecommunications facilitator whose job is to establish temporary network connections.
(mathematics) A function or other mapping that carries variables defined on a domain into another variable or set of variables in a defined range.
Chinese whispers.
(informal) A person who is adept at making deals or getting results, especially one who uses questionable methods.
A member of a military Special Operations unit.
(computing) The administrator of a channel or network on IRC.
(linguistics) A kind of expression that enters into an a-bar movement dependency and is said to bind a variable.
As nouns the difference between callee and operator
is that callee is (telephony) the person who is called by the caller (on the telephone) while operator is an operator, a service provider, an isp.callee
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(en noun)operator
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(wikipedia operator)Noun
(en noun)- In the sentence "What did Bill say he wants to buy?", "what" is an operator , binding a phonetically empty variable.
