Glossary

ALERT

ALERT

System alerter process

alerter

A system process that responds to patterns of events logged by the “logdaemon” process.

American Standard Code for Information Interchange

A standard code for data representation that represents alphanumeric characters as binary numbers. The code includes 128 upper- and lowercase letters, numerals, and special characters. Each alphanumeric and special character has an ASCII code (binary) equivalent that is 1 byte long.

analog

An analog signal, such as voice or music, that varies in a continuous manner. An analog signal may be contrasted with a digital signal, which represents only discrete states.

ANI

automatic number identification

UCS 1000 R4.2 Administration 585-313-507

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