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CDR

CDR

6.8
A record showing phone call time, duration, and numbers
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : registro de llamadas
  • Companies often analyze the CDR to improve their customer service and network performance.

Examples

  • More proof of this (thanks, ballz) is posted over on The CDR, which is a record of "data that describes every Steam game and subscription provided by Valve for the Steam service."

    Blog text (29)
  • Since Qatar's crude death rate (CDR) in the early 1970s was approximately 18-20 per 1,000 people (see Table 3), this means that in order to achieve a natural increase rate of 4.8 percent, the crude birth rate (CBR) would have to be more than 65 per 1,000, which is unreasonable (see Table 3).

    Academic text (2015)
  • The telecom provider sends a detailed CDR to customers who want to track their call history.

  • If you need to dispute a charge, refer to your CDR, as it lists all call details including time and duration.

How Detailed

CDR
  • Specialized
6.8
log
429 3.1
record
2.5
note
1.0

Surface Forms

CDR singular
CDRs plural

Etymology

CDR is short for Call Detail Record, with call meaning a phone contact, detail meaning the small facts, and record meaning a saved 'list'. So a CDR is a stored list of who called, when, and for how long.