Lucent Technologies 4.1 manual GL-4Glossary

Hotline phone

A standard phone at an extension which rings another extension automatically when the handset is lifted. See also External Hotline.

Hunt Group

A group of extensions that takes incoming or transferred calls in round-robin fashion. Calls to the Hunt Group go to the first available extension in the group, with the extension that answered most recently being the last one in the hunt order. See also Calling Group and VMS Hunt Group.

Hybrid mode

An operating mode in which outside lines are grouped together in pools. To access outside lines, users press pool buttons on their phones or enter the pool access code. In this mode, users do not know which lines they are using to make and receive calls. See also Key mode and System mode.

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ICLID

See Caller ID.

Industry-standard device

A telephone or other telecommunications device that can be connected directly to the public telephone network. See also Proprietary device and Standard phone.

Inside call

See Intercom call.

Intercom Autodialer

An auxiliary device that can be connected to the system phones at extensions 10 and 11. The device has Auto Dial buttons for all of the extensions in the system, which can be used for dialing or transferring calls to extensions with one touch.

Intercom Auto Dial button

A button that is programmed to ring or page another extension whenever the button is pressed. The button can be used to call the extension or to transfer a call to the extension with one touch; the lights next to the button show calling activity for the extension. See also Manual Signaling.

Intercom call

A call that is made to another system extension.

Internal call

See Intercom call.

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Key extension

An extension that has line buttons but not pool buttons. See also Key mode and Pooled extension.

Key mode

An operating mode in which outside lines are assigned one per line button. To access outside lines, users press line buttons or enter a Direct Line Pickup code. See also Hybrid mode and System mode.

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Line

The transmission path between your control unit and the local phone company’s central office, used for incoming and outgoing calls.

Line button

A button with status lights on a system phone that represents a specific line for making calls. See also Key extension and Pooled extension.

Line hunting

See Group Call Distribution.

Line jack

The location on 206 and 400 modules that allows you to connect outside lines to the control unit.

Line number

The number assigned to each line jack on a 206 or 400 module. Line numbers run consecutively from 01 through 24 (for a two-carrier configuration).

Line pooling

See Pool.

Line Reserve

A system feature that lets you reserve a busy line or pool (by pressing the busy line or pool button without lifting the handset) so your phone beeps when the line or pool becomes free.

Loudspeaker paging system

Equipment that lets you make announcements over the loudspeaker from a system extension. Any Lucent Technologies paging system can be connected to the PAGE jack on the primary processor module in the control unit. See also Simultaneous Paging.

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