Lucent Technologies DEFINITY Enterprise Communication Server Release 8.2 Upgrades And Additions Manual

DEFINITY ECS Release 8.2
Upgrades and Additions for R8.2si  555-233-122  Issue 1
April 2000
Glossary and Abbreviations 
GL-5  
appearance
A software process that is associated with an extension and whose purpose is to supervise a call. 
An extension can have multiple appearances. Also called call appearance, line appearance, and 
occurrence. See also 
c all ap p earanc e.
application
An adjunct that requests and receives ASAI services or capabilities. One or more applications can 
reside on a single...

DEFINITY ECS Release 8.2
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Glossary and Abbreviations 
GL-6  
AT M
See 
async hronous Transfer Mod e (ATM).
attendant console
The workstation used by an attendant. The attendant console allows the attendant to originate a 
call, answer an incoming call, transfer a call to another extension or trunk, put a call on hold, and 
remove a call from hold. Attendants using the console can also manage and monitor some system 
operations. Also called...

DEFINITY ECS Release 8.2
Upgrades and Additions for R8.2si  555-233-122  Issue 1
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Glossary and Abbreviations 
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automatic restoration
A service that restores disrupted connections between access endpoints (nonsignaling trunks) and 
data endpoints (devices that connect the switch to data terminal and/or communications 
equipment). Restoration is done within seconds of a service disruption so that critical data 
applications can remain operational.
Automatic Route Selection (ARS)
A feature...

DEFINITY ECS Release 8.2
Upgrades and Additions for R8.2si  555-233-122  Issue 1
April 2000
Glossary and Abbreviations 
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baud
A unit of transmission rate equal to the number of signal events per second. See also 
bit rate and 
bits per second (bps).
BCC
See 
Bearer capability class (BCC).
BCMS
Basic Call Management System
BCT
See 
b usiness c ommunic ations terminal (BCT).
Bearer capability class (BCC)
Code that identifies the type of a call (for example, voice and different types of data)....

DEFINITY ECS Release 8.2
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bridged appearance
A call appearance on a voice terminal that matches a call appearance on another voice terminal for 
the duration of a call.
BTU
British Thermal Unit
buffer
1. In hardware, a circuit or component that isolates one electrical circuit from another. Typically, a 
buffer holds data from one circuit or process until another circuit or process is ready to accept the...

DEFINITY ECS Release 8.2
Upgrades and Additions for R8.2si  555-233-122  Issue 1
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Glossary and Abbreviations 
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call appearance
1. For the attendant console, six buttons, labeled a–f, used to originate, receive, and hold calls. Two 
lights next to the button show the status of the call appearance.
2. For the voice terminal, a button labeled with an extension and used to place outgoing calls, 
receive incoming calls, or hold calls. Two lights next to the button show the status of the call...

DEFINITY ECS Release 8.2
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CCS or hundred call seconds
A unit of call traffic. Call traffic for a facility is scanned every 100 seconds. If the facility is busy, it is 
assumed to have been busy for the entire scan interval. There are 3600 seconds per hour. The 
Roman numeral for 100 is the capital letter C. The abbreviation for call seconds is CS. Therefore, 
100 call seconds is abbreviated CCS. If a...

DEFINITY ECS Release 8.2
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CDRP
Call Detail Record Poller
CDRR
Call Detail Recording and Reporting
CDRU
See 
Call Detail Rec ord ing  utility (CDRU).
CEM
Channel-expansion multiplexing
center-stage switch (CSS)
The central interface between the processor port network and expansion port networks in a 
CSS-connected system.
central office (CO)
The location housing telephone switching equipment that provides...

DEFINITY ECS Release 8.2
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Class of Restriction (COR)
A feature that allows up to 64 classes of call-origination and call-termination restrictions for voice 
terminals, voice-terminal groups, data modules, and trunk groups. See also 
Class of Service 
(COS).
Class of Service (COS)
A feature that uses a number to specify if voice-terminal users can activate the Automatic Callback, 
Call Forwarding All...

DEFINITY ECS Release 8.2
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Glossary and Abbreviations 
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controlled station
A station that is monitored and controlled via a domain-control association.
COR
See 
Class of Restriction (COR).
COS
See 
Class of Service (COS).
coverage answer group
A group of up to eight voice terminals that ring simultaneously when a call is redirected to it by Call 
Coverage. Any one of the group can answer the call.
coverage call
A call that is...