MERLIN LEGENDCommunications System Release 6.1

Issue 1

System Planning 555-661-112

August 1998

Glossary

 

 

 

Page GL-3

 

 

 

AT&T Switched

See ASN.

 

Network

 

 

AUDIX Voice

A voice-processing application, part of IS II/III, that provides

Power

Automated Attendant, Call Answer, Information Service,

 

Message Drop, Voice Mail, and, optionally, Fax Attendant

 

System for use with the system.

 

Automated

IS II/III, MERLIN LEGEND Mail, and Lucent Technologies

Attendant

Attendant application that automatically answers incoming

 

calls with a recorded announcement and directs callers to a

 

department, an extension, or the system operator.

 

Automated

See ADDS.

 

Document Delivery

 

 

System

 

 

automatic

Process that occurs in private network when all available

immediate cycling

routes for a call specify systems with matching switch

 

 

identifiers. The call is routed from the originating system to

 

the destination system and back to the originating system

 

in a continuous loop. Switch identifiers labelling systems

 

must be unique across a network.

 

Automatic Line

See ALS.

 

Selection

 

 

Automatic Number

See ANI.

 

Identification

 

 

automatic

See automatic-start tie trunk.

 

ringdown tie-trunk

 

 

Automatic Route

See ARS.

 

Selection

 

 

automatic-start tie

Tie trunk on which incoming calls are routed to an operator

trunk

or other designated destination without a start signal, as

 

soon as the trunk is seized; the destination is specified

 

during programming. Also called “automatic ringdown” or

 

“auto-in” tie trunk.

 

auxiliary power

Device that provides additional power to the system.

 

unit

 

 

B

B8ZS

(bipolar 8 zero substitution) Line-coding format that

 

encodes a string of eight zeros in a unique binary sequence

 

to detect bipolar violations.

backup

Procedure for saving a copy of system programming onto a

 

floppy disk or memory card. See also restore.

bandwidth

Difference, expressed in hertz, between the highest and

 

lowest frequencies in a range that determines channel

 

capacity.

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