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

DEFINITY Enterprise Communications Server Release 8.2
Upgrades and Additions for R8r  555-233-115  Issue 1
April 2000
Glossary and Abbreviations 
GL-7  
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 remain op...

DEFINITY Enterprise Communications Server Release 8.2
Upgrades and Additions for R8r  555-233-115  Issue 1
April 2000
Glossary and Abbreviations 
GL-8  
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 examp le,...

DEFINITY Enterprise Communications Server Release 8.2
Upgrades and Additions for R8r  555-233-115  Issue 1
April 2000
Glossary and Abbreviations 
GL-9  
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 until...

DEFINITY Enterprise Communications Server Release 8.2
Upgrades and Additions for R8r  555-233-115  Issue 1
April 2000
Glossary and Abbreviations 
GL-10  
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. Two lig...

DEFINITY Enterprise Communications Server Release 8.2
Upgrades and Additions for R8r  555-233-115  Issue 1
April 2000
Glossary and Abbreviations 
GL-11  
CCS or hundred call seconds
A unit of c all traffic . Call traffic  for a fac ility is scanned  every 100 second s. If the fac ility is b usy, it is 
assumed  to have b een busy for the entire sc an interval. There are 3600 sec ond s p er hour. The 
Roman numeral for 100 is the c ap ital letter C. The ab b reviation for c all seconds is CS. Therefore,...

DEFINITY Enterprise Communications Server Release 8.2
Upgrades and Additions for R8r  555-233-115  Issue 1
April 2000
Glossary and Abbreviations 
GL-12  
CDRP
Call Detail Rec ord  Poller
CDRR
Call Detail Rec ord ing  and  Rep orting
CDRU
See  
Call Detail Record ing  utility (CDRU).
CEM
Channel-expansion multip lexing
center-stage switch (CSS)
The central interface b etween the p roc essor p ort network and  exp ansion p ort networks in a 
CSS-c onnected system.
central office (CO)
The location housing...

DEFINITY Enterprise Communications Server Release 8.2
Upgrades and Additions for R8r  555-233-115  Issue 1
April 2000
Glossary and Abbreviations 
GL-13  
Class of Restriction (COR)
A feature that allows up  to 64 c lasses of c all-orig ination and c all-termination restric tions for voic e 
terminals, voic e-terminal g roups, d ata mod ules, and  trunk g roup s. See also 
Class of Servic e 
(COS).
Class of Service (COS)
A feature that uses a numb er to sp ec ify if voice-terminal users c an activate the...

DEFINITY Enterprise Communications Server Release 8.2
Upgrades and Additions for R8r  555-233-115  Issue 1
April 2000
Glossary and Abbreviations 
GL-14  
controlled station
A station that is monitored and c ontrolled  via a domain-c ontrol assoc iation.
COR
See  
Class of Restriction (COR).
COS
See  
Class of Servic e (COS).
coverage answer group
A g roup  of up  to eig ht voic e terminals that ring  simultaneously when a c all is red irected  to it b y Call 
Coverag e. Any one of the g roup  c an answer...

DEFINITY Enterprise Communications Server Release 8.2
Upgrades and Additions for R8r  555-233-115  Issue 1
April 2000
Glossary and Abbreviations 
GL-15  
CSM
Centralized  System Manag ement
CSS
See  
c enter-stage switc h (CSS).
CSSO
Customer Services Supp ort Org anization
CSU
Channel service unit
CTS
Clear to Send
CWC
See  
call work code.
D
DAC
1. Dial ac c ess c od e or Direc t Ag ent Calling
2. See 
d ig ital-to-analog  c onverter (DAC).
data channel
A communications p ath between two p oints used...

DEFINITY Enterprise Communications Server Release 8.2
Upgrades and Additions for R8r  555-233-115  Issue 1
April 2000
Glossary and Abbreviations 
GL-16  
data terminal equipment (DTE)
Equipment consisting  of the end p oints in a c onnection over a d ata c irc uit. In a c onnection 
b etween a d ata terminal and  host, the terminal, the host, and  their assoc iated  mod ems or d ata 
mod ules make up  the DTE. 
dB
Dec ib el
dBA
Dec ib els in reference to amp eres.
dBrnC
Dec ib els above reference noise...