Glossary

DCP

DCP

digital communications protocol

debug

The process of locating and correcting errors in computer programs; also referred to as troubleshooting.

default

The way a computer performs a task in the absence of other instructions.

default owner

The owner of a channel when no process takes ownership of that channel. The default owner holds all idle, in-service channels. In terms of the IRAPI, this is typically the Application Dispatch process.

diagnose

The process of performing diagnostics on a bus or on Tip/Ring, E1/T1, or SSP circuit cards.

dial ahead

The ability to collect and process touch-tone inputs in sequence, even when they are received before the prompts.

UCS 1000 R4.2 Administration 585-313-507

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