MERLIN LEGENDCommunications System Release 6.1

Issue 1

System Planning 555-661-112

August 1998

Glossary

 

 

 

Page GL-8

 

 

control unit

Processor module, power supply module, other modules,

 

carriers, and housing of the system.

 

console

Telephone and adjuncts (if any) at operator or system

 

programmer extension.

 

CONVERSANT

Entry-level voice response application that automatically

 

answers and routes calls and executes telephone

 

 

transactions.

 

conversion

See modem pool.

 

resource

 

 

coordinating

In a private network that includes more than two systems,

system manager

the system manager who acts as a clearinghouse for any

 

changes made on local systems, that effect the network,

 

assuring that all system managers work together and that

 

local system changes do not have undesirable effects on

 

the network as a whole.

 

COR

(class of restriction) Various types of restrictions that can

 

be assigned to remote access trunks or barrier codes.

 

These restrictions consist of calling restrictions, ARS

 

 

Facility Restriction Levels (FRLs), Allowed Lists,

 

 

Disallowed Lists, and Automatic Callback queuing.

 

Coverage

Set of system features that can determine how extensions’

 

calls are covered when the person at the extension is busy

 

or not available.

 

CRC

(cyclic redundancy check) An error-detection code used on

 

DS1 facilities with the extended superframe format (ESF).

CSU

(channel service unit) Equipment used on customer

 

 

premises to provide DS1 facility terminations and signaling

 

compatibility.

 

CTI link

(Computer Telephony Integration) link. A hardware/

 

 

software feature that is part of the PassageWay Telephony

 

Services application. It allows the use of Lucent

 

 

Technologies-certified software applications on a LAN

 

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.

 

cyclic redundancy

See CRC.

 

check

 

 

D

D4 framing format

Framing format consisting of a sequence of individual

 

frames of 24 eight-bitslots and one signal bit (193 bits) in a

 

12-frame superframe. See also ESF.

Data-channel

See D-channel.

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