Lucent Technologies DEFINITY Enterprise Communication Server Release 8.2 Installation, Upgrades, And Additions For Compact Modular Cabinets Manual

DEFINITY ECS Release 8.2 Installation, Upgrades, 
and Additions for Compact Modular Cabinets  555-233-118  Issue 1
April 2000
GL-1
Glossary and Abbreviations 
 
GL
Glossary and Abbreviations
Numerics
800 service
A service in the United  States that allows incoming c alls from c ertain areas to an assig ned  number 
for a flat-rate c harg e b ased  on usag e.
A
AA
Arc hang el. See 
angel.
AAC
ATM access concentrator
AAR
See  
Automatic  Alternate Routing  (AAR).
abandoned call
An inc oming  c all in which...

DEFINITY ECS Release 8.2 Installation, Upgrades, 
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GL-2  
access endpoint
Either a nonsig naling  c hannel on a DS1 interface or a nonsignaling p ort on an analog  tie-trunk 
circuit p ack that is assig ned  a uniq ue extension.
access tie trunk
A trunk that connec ts a main c ommunic ations system with a tand em communic ations system in an 
electronic tand em network (ETN). An ac cess tie trunk can...

DEFINITY ECS Release 8.2 Installation, Upgrades, 
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GL-3  
adjunct-controlled split
An ACD sp lit that is ad ministered  to b e und er ad junct control. Ag ents log g ed  into suc h sp lits must 
d o all telep hony work, ACD log in/ log out, and  chang es of work mod e throug h the adjunc t (excep t 
for auto-availab le ad junc t-c ontrolled  sp lits, whose agents may not log  in/out or c hang e work...

DEFINITY ECS Release 8.2 Installation, Upgrades, 
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GL-4  
ALBO
Automatic  Line Build  Out
All trunks busy (ATB)
The state in whic h no trunks are availab le for call hand ling.
ALM-ACK
Alarm ac knowled ge
American Standard Code for Information Interchange 
See  
ASCII (Americ an Stand ard  Code for Information Interc hang e).
AMW
Automatic  Messag e Waiting
AN
Analog
analog
The rep resentation of...

DEFINITY ECS Release 8.2 Installation, Upgrades, 
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GL-5  
appearance
A software p roc ess that is assoc iated  with an extension and  whose p urpose is to sup ervise a c all. 
An extension can have multiple ap p earanc es. Also c alled  call ap pearanc e, line ap pearance, and  
oc c urrenc e. See also 
call appearance.
application
An ad junc t that req uests and rec eives ASAI servic es or c ap ab...

DEFINITY ECS Release 8.2 Installation, Upgrades, 
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AT M
See  
async hronous Transfer Mod e (ATM).
attendant console
The workstation used  b y an attend ant. The attend ant console allows the attend ant to orig inate a 
call, answer an incoming  c all, transfer a c all to another extension or trunk, p ut a c all on hold , and  
remove a c all from hold . Attendants using  the console c an also...

DEFINITY ECS Release 8.2 Installation, Upgrades, 
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automatic restoration
A service that restores d isrupted  c onnections b etween ac cess end points (nonsig naling  trunks) 
and  data endp oints (d evices that c onnec t the switc h to data terminal and /or c ommunic ations 
eq uip ment). Restoration is d one within seconds of a service disrup tion so that c ritical d ata 
ap p lic ations c an...

DEFINITY ECS Release 8.2 Installation, Upgrades, 
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baud
A unit of transmission rate eq ual to the numb er of sig nal events p er sec ond . See also 
b it rate and 
bits per second (bps).
BCC
See  
Bearer capability class (BCC).
BCMS
Basic  Call Manag ement System
BCT
See  
b usiness c ommunic ations terminal (BCT).
Bearer capability class (BCC)
Cod e that id entifies the typ e of a c all (for...

DEFINITY ECS Release 8.2 Installation, Upgrades, 
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bridged appearance
A call app earance on a voic e terminal that matc hes a c all ap pearanc e on another voice terminal 
for the d uration of a c all.
BTU
British Thermal Unit
buffer
1. In hard ware, a c irc uit or c omponent that isolates one electrical c irc uit from another. Typic ally, a 
b uffer hold s d ata from one c irc uit or process...

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call appearance
1. For the attendant c onsole, six buttons, lab eled  a–f, used  to orig inate, rec eive, and  hold  c alls. 
Two lig hts next to the b utton show the status of the call app earance.
2. For the voice terminal, a button lab eled  with an extension and  used  to p lac e outgoing  calls, 
rec eive inc oming  calls, or hold c alls....