Glossary
personal fax extension
See secondary extension.
pinouts
The signal description per pin number for a particular connector.
PMS
See property management system.
port
A connection or link between two devices, allowing information to travel to a desired location. For example, a switch port connects to an AT&T Intuity voice port to allow a subscriber to leave a message.
POST
See
priority call answer
An Intuity AUDIX feature that allows callers to designate a call answer message as a priority message. To make a message priority, the caller presses 2 after recording the message.
priority messaging
An Intuity AUDIX feature that allows some subscribers to send messages that are specially marked and preferentially presented to recipients. See also priority outcalling.
priority outcalling
Works with the priority messaging feature by allowing the message recipient to elect to be notified by outcalling only when a priority message has been received. See also priority messaging.
private branch exchange (PBX)
An analog, digital, or electronic system where data and voice transmissions are not confined to fixed communications paths, but are routed among available ports or channels. See also switch.
private mailing list
A list of addresses that only the owning subscriber can access.
private messaging
A feature of Intuity AUDIX that allows a subscriber to send a message that cannot be forwarded by the recipient.
processor data module (PDM)
See modular processor data module (MPDM).
processor interface (PI)
A System 75, Generic 1, Generic 3i, Generic 3s, and Generic 3vs switch data link. Also called processor interface board (PIB).
programmed function key
See function key.
property management system
Term used in hospitality industry referring to the database used by hotels for guest records and billing information.
protocol
A set of conventions or rules governing the format and timing of message exchanges (signals) to control data movement and the detection and possible correction of errors.
Issue 2.0 December 1995
