What is "origination"

Origination \O*rig`i*na"tion\, n. [L. originatio.]

1. The act or process of bringing or coming into existence; first production. ``The origination of the universe.''
   --Keill.

   What comes from spirit is a spontaneous origination.
   --Hickok.

2. Mode of production, or bringing into being.

   This eruca is propagated by animal parents, to wit, butterflies, after the common origination of all caterpillars.
   --Ray.

1640s, from Middle French origination (15c.), from Latin originationem (nominative originatio), from originem (see original (adj.)).

n. 1 (context uncountable English) The process of bringing something into existence. 2 (context countable English) The act of bringing something into existence.

1. n. an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events [syn: origin, inception]

2. the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new; "she looked forward to her initiation as an adult"; "the foundation of a new scientific society"; "he regards the fork as a modern introduction" [syn: initiation, founding, foundation, institution, creation, innovation, introduction, instauration]

Origination in VOIP telephony refers to calls that originate in the PSTN public switched telephone network and are carried to their destination over the Internet.

A VoIP call is initiated between two points, the initiation point is known as originator and the destination point is known as terminator.

An Internet Telephony Service Provider (ITSP) involved in the origination of telephone calls usually offers either or both of “PC to Phone calls” and “Phone to Phone calls”. The two major business models for VoIP Originator are “Prepaid” and “Postpaid”. Hardware requirements for VoIP origination are simple. The only hardware needed is a gateway that takes calls off the Internet and delivers them onto PSTN lines. All VoIP originators require a call termination arrangement with a terminator called VoIP terminator.