Lucent Technologies Amis Analog Networking Guide

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Abbreviations 
ABB-5  
IVC6
integ rated  voice CELP card (6 channels)
IVR
integ rated  voice resp onse
K
Kbps
kilob its p er sec ond
Kbyte
kilob yte (1024 b ytes)
kHz
kilohertz
L
LAN
loc al area network
LCD
liq uid  c rystal d isp lay
LED
lig ht-emitting  d iod e
LIFO
last-in first-out
LW C
leave word  c alling
M
MANOOS
manually out of service
Mbyte
meg ab yte (one million b ytes)
MHz
meg ahertz
modem
mod ulator/d emod ulator 

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Abbreviations 
ABB-6  
MPDM
modular processor data module
ms
millisecond
MT
maintenanc e (Intuity software comp onent)
MTBF
mean time b etween failures
MWI
messag e-waiting  ind ic ator
MWL
messag e-waiting  lamp
N
NW
Intuity AUDIX Digital Networking
O
OA&M
op erations, ad ministration, and  maintenance
OS
op erating  system
OSI
op en systems interc onnec tion
P
PBX
p rivate b ranc h exchang e 
PC
p ower converter or personal comp uter
PDM
processor...

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Abbreviations 
ABB-7  
PIB
p rocessor interface b oard
PMS
p rop erty manag ement system
POST
p ower-on self test
R
RAM
rand om-ac c ess memory 
REN
ring er eq uivalence number
ROM
read-only memory 
RT S
req uest to send
RT U
rig ht to use
S
SCA
switch communications ad ap ter
SCSI
small c omp uter systems interfac e 
SID
switch integration d evic e
SIMM
sing le in-line memory module
SMSI
simp lified  messag e servic e interfac e
SW
switch integration...

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Abbreviations 
ABB-8  
T
TCP/IP
Transmission Control Protoc ol/Internet Prog ram
TDD
telec ommunic ations d evic e for the deaf
TDM
time d ivision multip lex
T/R
tip /ring
TRIP
tip/ring input process
TSC
Luc ent Tec hnolog ies Tec hnic al Servic es Center
U
UCD
uniform call d istrib ution
UPS
uninterruptible power supply 
V
VM
Intuity AUDIX Voice Messaging
VP
voic e platform (Intuity software comp onent)
VROP
voic e resp onse outp ut p roc ess 

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GL-1
Glossary 
 
GL
Glossary
A
accessed message
A messag e that was rec eived  and  sc anned  (either the entire messag e or just the head er).
activity menu
The list of op tions sp oken to subscrib ers when they first ac c ess a messag ing  system. Selecting  an 
ac tivity is the starting  p oint for all user op erations.
address
Sub sc riber identific ation, c ontaining  the sub sc riber’s extension and  machine, that ind ic ates where 
the system...

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Glossary 
GL-2  
analog networking
A method of transferring  a messag e from one messag ing  system to another whereb y the messag e 
is played  b ack (voic ed) d uring  the transmission from one system to another.
analog signal
A communications p ath that, in telep roc essing  usage, usually refers to a voic e-g rade telephone 
line.
announcement fragment
A numb ered  p iec e of sp oken information that makes up a system messag e or p romp t....

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Glossary 
GL-3  
autoprint
An Intuity AUDIX feature that allows subsc rib ers to ind icate that faxes are automatically sent to a 
sp ecified  print d estination.
B
background testing
Testing  that runs c ontinuously when the system is not b usy d oing  other tasks.
backup
A dup lic ate cop y of files and  d irectories saved  on a removab le med ia such as flop py diskette or 
tap e. The b ac kup  filesystem may b e c op ied  b ac k (restored) if the...

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Glossary 
GL-4  
bundling
Comb ining  several c alls and  handling  them as a sing le c all. See also 
automatic message sc an.
bus
An elec tric al c onnec tion/c able allowing  two or more wires, lines, or p erip herals to be connec ted  
tog ether.
busy-out/release
To remove a d evice from servic e (make it ap p ear busy or in use), and  later restore it to service 
(release it). The switc h data link, voice p orts, or networking  p orts may be b...

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Glossary 
GL-5  
collocated
An Intuity system installed  in the same p hysic al loc ation as the host switc h. See also 
local installa-
tion
.
collocated adjunct
Two or more ad juncts that are serving  the same switc h (i.e., eac h has voice p ort c onnections to the 
switch) or that are serving  d ifferent switches b ut c an b e networked  throug h a direc t RS-232 con-
nec tion d ue to their p roximity.
command
An instruc tion or req uest g iven b...

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Glossary 
GL-6  
dialed number identification service (*DNIS_SVC)
An availab le channel servic e assig nment on the Luc ent Tec hnolog ies Intuity system. Assig ning  
this servic e to a c hannel p ermits the Luc ent Tec hnolog ies Intuity system to interp ret information 
from the switc h and  operate the ap p rop riate ap p lication for the inc oming  telep hone call.
digital
Disc rete d ata or sig nals suc h as 0 and  1, as op p osed  to analog  c...