### Question
What does trap and trace device mean?


### Answer
**Trap and trace device** has the following meaning in *18 U.S.C. § 3127*:

> a device or process which captures the incoming electronic or other impulses which identify the originating number or other dialing, routing, addressing, and signaling information reasonably likely to identify the source of a wire or electronic communication, provided, however, that such information shall not include the contents of any communication

#### Citation:
  - *18 U.S.C. § 3127*
  - Heading: **PART II-CRIMINAL PROCEDURE > CHAPTER 206-PEN REGISTERS AND TRAP AND TRACE DEVICES**

