Lucent Technologies Amis Analog Networking Guide

AMIS Analog Networking  585-300-512  Issue 7
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Glossary 
GL-7  
errors
Prob lems d etec ted  b y the system d uring op eration and record ed  in the maintenanc e log . Errors 
can produc e an alarm if they exc eed  a threshold .
escape from reply
The ab ility to q uic kly return to g etting messag es for a sub sc riber who g ets stuc k trying  to resp ond  
to a messag e. To esc ap e, the sub scrib er simp ly p resses #.
escape to attendant
An Intuity AUDIX feature that allows a sub sc riber with...

AMIS Analog Networking  585-300-512  Issue 7
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Glossary 
GL-8  
G
grade of service (GOS)
A parameter that describes the delays in accessing a port on the system. For example, if the GOS 
is P05, 95% of the c allers would hear the system answer and  5% would  hear ringing until a p ort 
b ec ame availab le to answer the c all.
guaranteed fax
A feature of Luc ent Technolog ies Intuity FAX Messaging that temp orarily stores faxes sent to a fax 
machine. In c ases where the fax machine is busy or d...

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Glossary 
GL-9  
I
initialization
The process of b ring ing  a system to a predetermined  op erational state. The start-up p roc ed ure 
tests hardware; load s the b oot filesystem p rog rams; loc ates, mounts, and  op ens other req uired  
filesystems; and  starts normal servic e.
initialization and administration system (INADS)
A comp uter-aid ed maintenanc e system used  b y remote tec hnic ians to track alarms.
initialize
To start up  the system...

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Glossary 
GL-10  
L
last-in/first-out
The last c all (or data) to be rec eived  is the first c all (or data) to be processed.
leave word calling (LWC)
A switc h feature that allows the c alling  p arty to leave a stand ard  (nonvoic e) messag e for the called 
p arty using  a feature button or d ial ac c ess c od e.
light emitting diode (LED)
A lig ht ind icator on the hard ware p latform that shows the status of operations.
liquid crystal display...

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Glossary 
GL-11  
maintenance
The p rocess of id entifying  system errors and  c orrecting  them, or taking  step s to p revent p rob lems 
from occ urring .
manually out-of-service
A unit has been intentionally taken out of service.
megabyte
A unit of memory equal to 1,048,576 b ytes (1024 x 1024). It is often round ed  to one million.
memory
A d evice whic h c an store logic  states suc h that d ata c an b e ac cessed and  retrieved . Memory may 
b...

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Glossary 
GL-12  
N
networking prefix
A set of dig its that id entifies an Luc ent Technolog ies Intuity mac hine.
not deliverable message
Al messag e that could  not b e d elivered  after a sp ecified  numb er of attemp ts. This usually means 
that the subscrib er’s mailb ox is full.
O
on-line help
A feature that p rovid es information ab out Luc ent Tec hnolog ies Intuity user interfac e sc reens b y 
p ressing  a p red etermined  key. See also...

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Glossary 
GL-13  
personal fax extension
See  
secondary extension.
port
A connection or link between two d evic es, allowing information to travel to a d esired loc ation. For 
examp le, a switc h p ort c onnects to an Luc ent Tec hnolog ies Intuity voice p ort to allow a sub sc rib er 
to leave a messag e.
priority call answer
A feature that allows c allers to d esignate a call answer messag e as a p riority messag e. To make a 
messag e priority,...

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Glossary 
GL-14  
remote service center
An Luc ent Tec hnolog ies or Lucent Tec hnolog ies-certified  org anization that p rovid es remote sup -
p ort to Lucent Tec hnolog ies c ustomers. Dep end ing  upon the terms of the maintenance c ontrac t, 
your remote servic e c enter may b e notified of all major and  minor alarms and  have the ability to 
remotely log into your system and remed y problems.
remote subscribers
Sub sc ribers whose mailb oxes...

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Glossary 
GL-15  
server
A comp uter that processes and  stores d ata that is used  by other smaller c omp uters.   For Luc ent 
Technologies Intuity Messag e Manager, Intuity AUDIX is the server.
small computer systems interface (SCSI)
An interface stand ard  d efining the p hysic al, log ic al, and  electrical c onnections to comp uter sys-
tem p erip herals suc h as tape and  disk drives.
subscriber
A user who has b een assig ned the ability to ac...

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Glossary 
GL-16  
translations
Software assig nments that tell a system what to exp ect on a c ertain voic e p ort or the d ata link, or 
how to hand le inc oming  d ata. They customize the system and  switc h features for users.
troubleshoot
The process of loc ating  and  c orrec ting  errors in comp uter p rog rams.
U
Undelete
A feature that allows sub sc rib ers to restore the last messag e deleted. The sub sc rib er presses * U 
to restore a d...