personal list item One of the slots on an Abbreviated Dialing personal list.
pickup group A group of telephone users who can answer calls for each other through the Call Pickup feature. Group members are determined by the System Manager and are usually located in the same work area or perform similar job functions.
priority call An important or urgent call which sends a special
program/reprogram To use your dial pad to assign a telephone number to a personal list item for Abbreviated Dialing. Programming is activated by dialing an access code.
retrieve To collect telephone messages using your local retrieval methods. (Also, with Call Park, to resume a call from an extension other than the one where the call was first placed or received.)
ringer The device that produces the electronic ringing sound in your voice terminal.
stored number A telephone number which has been programmed and stored as a
digit(s) under which it is stored. If the number is stored on anbutton, the number can be accessed by simply pressing that button.
switch The device which makes connections for all voice and data calls for a network, and also contains software for features. Also known as a system, switching system, or PBX (private branch exchange). Your switch is an AT&T DEFINITY Communications System Generic 2 or an AT&T System 85.
System 85 The AT&T switch to which you may be connected. It transmits and receives voice and data signals for all communications equipment in your network. (See DEFINITY Communications System Generic 2.)
system list One of the 3 types of Abbreviated Dialing lists; programmable only by the System Manager. Contains telephone numbers helpful to all system users.
System Manager The person responsible for specifying and managing the operation of features for all the voice and data equipment in your network.
trunk A telecommunications channel between your switch and the local or
trunk code A dial code of up to 4 digits you dial to access a trunk group to place an outside call.
voice terminal A telephone equipped with an array of specially designed features (for example, administrable buttons) and functional capabilities that distinguish it from a conventional telephone.
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