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 
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OCM
Outb ound  Call Manag ement
offered load
The traffic that would  be g enerated b y all the req uests for servic e occ urring  within a monitored  
interval, usually one hour.
ONS
On-p remises station
OPS
Off-p remises station
OPX
Off-p remises extension
OQT
Old est q ueued  time
OSHA
Oc cup ational Safety and  Health Ac t
OSI
Op en Systems Interc...

DEFINITY Enterprise Communications Server Release 8.2
Upgrades and Additions for R8r  555-233-115  Issue 1
April 2000
Glossary and Abbreviations 
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packet bus
A wid e-bandwid th b us that transmits p ackets.
packet switching
A d ata-transmission tec hnique whereb y user information is seg mented  and routed  in d iscrete data 
envelop es c alled  p ac kets, eac h with its own ap pended  control information, for routing, 
seq uencing , and  error c hec king. Pac ket switching  allows a c hannel to b...

DEFINITY Enterprise Communications Server Release 8.2
Upgrades and Additions for R8r  555-233-115  Issue 1
April 2000
Glossary and Abbreviations 
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PGN
Partitioned  g roup numb er
PI
Processor interface
PIB
Processor interface b oard
pickup group
A group  of ind ivid uals authorized  to answer any c all d irec ted to an extension within the g roup .
PIDB
Prod uc t imag e d atab ase
PKTINT
Pac ket interfac e
PL
Private line
PLS
Premises Lig htwave System
PMS
Prop erty Manag ement System
PN
Port...

DEFINITY Enterprise Communications Server Release 8.2
Upgrades and Additions for R8r  555-233-115  Issue 1
April 2000
Glossary and Abbreviations 
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PPM
1. Parts p er million
2. Periodic  pulse metering
PPN
See  
p roc essor p ort network (PPN).
PRI
See  
Primary Rate Interfac e (PRI).
primary extension
The main extension assoc iated with the p hysic al voic e or d ata terminal.
Primary Rate Interface (PRI)
A stand ard  ISDN frame format that sp ecifies the p rotocol used  between two or more...

DEFINITY Enterprise Communications Server Release 8.2
Upgrades and Additions for R8r  555-233-115  Issue 1
April 2000
Glossary and Abbreviations 
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protocol
A set of conventions or rules g overning  the format and timing  of messag e exc hanges to control 
d ata movement and  correc tion of errors.
PSC
Premises servic e c onsultant
PSDN
Pac ket-switch p ub lic  data network
PT
Personal terminal
PT C
Positive temp erature c oefficient
PT T
Postal Telep hone and  Teleg rap h
public network
The...

DEFINITY Enterprise Communications Server Release 8.2
Upgrades and Additions for R8r  555-233-115  Issue 1
April 2000
Glossary and Abbreviations 
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RBS
Robbed-bit signaling
RC
Rad io c ontroller
RCL
Restric ted  c all list
read-only memory (ROM)
A storag e arrang ement p rimarily for information-retrieval ap p lications.
recall dial tone
Tones sig nalling that the system has comp leted a func tion (suc h as hold ing  a call) and  is read y to 
accept dialing.
redirection criteria
Information ad...

DEFINITY Enterprise Communications Server Release 8.2
Upgrades and Additions for R8r  555-233-115  Issue 1
April 2000
Glossary and Abbreviations 
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RMATS
Remote Maintenanc e, Ad ministration, and  Traffic System
RNX
Route-numb er index (p rivate network offic e cod e)
ROM
See  
read -only memory (ROM).
RPN
Routing -p lan numb er
RS-232C
A physic al interface sp ecified  by the Electronic Industries Assoc iation (EIA). RS-232C transmits 
and  rec eives async hronous d ata at sp eeds of up  to 19.2...

DEFINITY Enterprise Communications Server Release 8.2
Upgrades and Additions for R8r  555-233-115  Issue 1
April 2000
Glossary and Abbreviations 
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SCD
Switc h-c ontrol driver
SCI
Switc h c ommunic ations interfac e
SCO
System c ontrol offic e
SCOTCH
Switc h Conferenc ing  for TDM Bus in Concentration Hig hway
SCSI
See  
small c omp uter system interfac e (SCSI).
SDDN
Software-Defined  Data Network
SDI
Switc hed  Dig ital International
SDLC
Synchronous d ata-link c ontrol
SDN
Software-defined...

DEFINITY Enterprise Communications Server Release 8.2
Upgrades and Additions for R8r  555-233-115  Issue 1
April 2000
Glossary and Abbreviations 
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SNC
Switc h Nod e Cloc k
SNI
Switc h Nod e Interface
SNMP 
Simple Network Manag ement Protoc ol
software
A set of comp uter p rog rams that perform one or more tasks.
SPE
Switc h Proc essing  Element
SPID
Servic e Profile Identifier
split 
See  
ACD work mod e.
split condition
A cond ition whereb y a caller is temp orarily sep arated  from a connection...

DEFINITY Enterprise Communications Server Release 8.2
Upgrades and Additions for R8r  555-233-115  Issue 1
April 2000
Glossary and Abbreviations 
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status lamp
A g reen lig ht that shows the status of a c all ap pearanc e or a feature b utton b y the state of the lig ht 
(lit, flashing , fluttering , b roken flutter, or unlit).
stroke counts
A method  used by ACD ag ents to rec ord  up to nine c ustomer-d efined  events p er c all when CMS is 
ac tive.
SVN
Sec urity-violation notific ation
switch...