MERLIN LEGEND Communications System Release 6.1 | Issue 1 | |
Network Reference |
| August 1998 |
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CSU | (channel service unit) Equipment used on customer | |
| premises to provide DS1 facility terminations and signaling | |
| compatibility. |
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CTI link | (Computer Telephony Integration) link. A |
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| hardware/software feature that is part of the PassageWay | |
| Telephony Services application. It allows the use of Lucent | |
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| running Novell NetWare software in a Hybrid/PBX mode | |
| system. These applications may provide special features | |
| for client control of such calling activities as power dialing. | |
| See also screen pop. |
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cyclic redundancy | See CRC. |
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D4 framing format | Framing format consisting of a sequence of individual |
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data | See DCE. |
communications |
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equipment |
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data module | A type of ISDN terminal adapter that acts as the DCE at a |
| data workstation that communicates over |
| facilities. |
data rate | See bps. |
data station | Special type of extension where data communications take |
| place; includes DTE and DCE; sometimes a telephone is |
| also part of a data station. |
data terminal | An input/output device (often a personal computer) that can |
| be connected to the control unit via an interface. |
data terminal | See DTE and data terminal. |
equipment |
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data workstation | Special type of extension where data communications take |
| place; includes DTE and DCE; sometimes a telephone is |
| also part of a data workstation. |
DCE | (data communications equipment) Equipment such as |
| modems or ISDN terminal adapters used to establish, |
| maintain, and terminate a connection between the system |
| and data terminal equipment (DTE), such as printers, |
| personal computers, host computers, or network |
| workstations. |
DCP | (Digital Communications Protocol) AT&T proprietary |
| protocol to transmit digitized voice and data over the same |
| communications link. |
