Lucent Technologies 555-230-024 manual Csso, Csu, Cts, Cwc, Dac

Glossary and Abbreviations

CSSO

Customer Services Support Organization

CSU

Channel service unit

CTS

Clear to Send

CWC

See call work code.

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DAC

1.Dial access code or Direct Agent Calling

2.See digital-to-analog converter (DAC).

data channel

A communications path between two points used to transmit digital signals.

data-communications equipment (DCE)

The equipment (usually a modem, data module, or packet assembler/disassembler) on the network side of a communications link that makes the binary serial data from the source or transmitter compatible with the communications channel.

data link

The configuration of physical facilities enabling end terminals to communicate directly with each other.

data module

An interconnection device between a BRI or DCP interface of the switch and data terminal equipment or data communications equipment.

data path

The end-to-end connection used for a data communications link. A data path is the combination of all elements of an interprocessor communication in a DCS.

data port

A point of access to a computer that uses trunks or lines for transmitting or receiving data.

data rate

See bit rate.

data service unit (DSU)

A device that transmits digital data on transmission facilities.

data terminal

An input/output (I/O) device that has either switched or direct access to a host computer or to a processor interface.

data terminal equipment (DTE)

Equipment consisting of the endpoints in a connection over a data circuit. In a connection between a data terminal and host, the terminal, the host, and their associated modems or data modules make up the DTE.

555-230-024 Issue 5 January 1998 GL-15