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-17  
dial-repeating tie trunk
A tie trunk that transmits c alled -p arty ad d ressing  information between two c ommunic ations 
systems.
DID
Direc t Inward  Dialing
digit conversion
A process used  to c onvert spec ific d ialed  numbers into other d ialed numb ers.
digital
The rep resentation of information b y d isc rete step s. See also 
analog.
digital...

DEFINITY Enterprise Communications Server Release 8.2
Upgrades and Additions for R8r  555-233-115  Issue 1
April 2000
Glossary and Abbreviations 
GL-18  
direct agent
A feature, acc essed  only via ASAI, that allows a call to b e p laced  in a sp lit q ueue b ut routed only to 
a spec ific ag ent in that sp lit. The c all receives normal ACD c all treatment (for examp le, 
announcements) and  is measured  as an ACD c all while ensuring  that a p artic ular ag ent answers.
Direct Extension Selection...

DEFINITY Enterprise Communications Server Release 8.2
Upgrades and Additions for R8r  555-233-115  Issue 1
April 2000
Glossary and Abbreviations 
GL-19  
domain-controlled station
A station for whic h a 
Third_Party_Domain_Control req uest has been acc epted . A 
d omain-c ontrolled  station p rovid es event rep orts for c alls that are alerting , c onnected, or held  at 
the station.
domain-controlled station on a call
A station that is active on a c all, and  whic h p rovid es event rep orts over one...

DEFINITY Enterprise Communications Server Release 8.2
Upgrades and Additions for R8r  555-233-115  Issue 1
April 2000
Glossary and Abbreviations 
GL-20  
duplication option
A  s ys te m  o p ti o n t ha t  d u p li c a t e s th e  f o ll o w in g :  c on t rol  c a r r ie r  c o nt a in i ng  t he  SPE, EI  c i rc ui t  p a c ks i n 
carriers, fiber-optic c abling  b etween p ort networks, and  c enter-stage switch in a CSS-c onnec ted  
system.
DWBS
DEFINITY Wireless Business System
DXS
Direct extension...

DEFINITY Enterprise Communications Server Release 8.2
Upgrades and Additions for R8r  555-233-115  Issue 1
April 2000
Glossary and Abbreviations 
GL-21  
electronic tandem network (ETN)
A tandem tie-trunk network that has automatic  call-routing  cap ab ilities b ased  on the numb er 
d ialed  and  the most preferred  route available. Each switch in the network is assig ned  a uniq ue 
p rivate network offic e c od e (RNX), and  eac h voic e terminal is assigned  a unique extension.
Electronics...

DEFINITY Enterprise Communications Server Release 8.2
Upgrades and Additions for R8r  555-233-115  Issue 1
April 2000
Glossary and Abbreviations 
GL-22  
expansion archangel (EAA)
A network-control mic rop roc essor loc ated on an expansion interfac e (EI) port c irc uit p ack in an 
exp ansion p ort network. The EA provides an interfac e b etween the EPN and  its c ontrolling 
switch-p roc essing  element.
expansion-archangel link (EAL)
A link-ac c ess func tion on the D-c hannel (LAPD) log ical link...

DEFINITY Enterprise Communications Server Release 8.2
Upgrades and Additions for R8r  555-233-115  Issue 1
April 2000
Glossary and Abbreviations 
GL-23  
facility-associated signaling (FAS)
Sig naling  for whic h a D-channel c arries sig naling  only for those c hannels on the same physical 
interfac e.
FA S
Facility-associated signaling
FAT
Facility access trunk
FA X
Fac simile
FCC
Fed eral Communic ations Commission
FEAC
Forced  Entry of Acc ount Cod es
feature
A sp ec ific ally d efined  function or...

DEFINITY Enterprise Communications Server Release 8.2
Upgrades and Additions for R8r  555-233-115  Issue 1
April 2000
Glossary and Abbreviations 
GL-24  
FRL
Fac ilities Restric tion Level
FX
Foreig n exc hang e
G
G3-MA
Generic  3 Manag ement Ap p lic ations
G3-MT
Generic 3 Manag ement Terminal
G3r
Generic 3, RISC (Red uced  Instruc tion Set Comp uter)
generalized route selection (GRS)
An enhanc ement to Automatic Alternate Routing/Automatic Route Selec tion (AAR/ARS) that 
p erforms routing  b ased  on...

DEFINITY Enterprise Communications Server Release 8.2
Upgrades and Additions for R8r  555-233-115  Issue 1
April 2000
Glossary and Abbreviations 
GL-25  
H12
An ISDN information transfer rate for 1920-kb p s d ata defined  b y CCITT and  ANSI stand ard s.
handshaking logic
A format used to initiate a d ata c onnec tion b etween two d ata module d evices.
hertz (Hz)
A unit of freq uenc y equal to one c yc le p er sec ond .
high-reliability system
A system having the following : two c ontrol carriers, d up...

DEFINITY Enterprise Communications Server Release 8.2
Upgrades and Additions for R8r  555-233-115  Issue 1
April 2000
Glossary and Abbreviations 
GL-26  
IAS
Inter-PBX Attend ant Servic e
ICC
Interc abinet c ab le or intercarrier c ab le
ICD
Inbound Call Director
ICDOS
International Customer-Dialed  Op erator Service
ICHT
Incoming call-handling table
ICI
Inc oming  call id entifier
ICM
Inb ound  Call Management
IDDD
International Direc t Distance Dialing
IDF
Intermed iate d istribution frame
IE...