### Question
Can you define what trap and trace device means?


### Answer
**Trap and trace device** is defined as the following 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**

