DEFINITY AUDIX System Release 4.0
System Description Pocket Reference
Glossary
Local Area Network (LAN)
A short distance data communications network used to link computers and peripheral devices under some form of standard control
Local Maintenance Terminal (LMT)
A display terminal located near the DEFINITY AUDIX System and the switch. It is temporarily attached to the DEFINITY AUDIX during an
Login
A unique code used to gain approved access to a subscriber’s voice mailbox or to a display terminal.
M
Magneto-optical (MO) Disk Drive
With release 4.0, the device used to store nightly and weekly backups of customer data, install new software releases, restore the system and remove core dumps and other maintenance information. The drive stores information on an MO disk. The MO drive replaces the tape drive from previous releases.
Mailbox
A portion of disk memory given to each subscriber for creating and storing outgoing and incoming messages.
Message-Waiting Lamp
An LED on a telephone that alerts subscribers to new messages.
MO Disk
With release 4.0, the storage medium used by the
Modem
A modulator/demodulator used for transmitting analog signals across phone lines.
Multifunction Board (MFB)
For release 3.2 and earlier releases, the hardware platform (TN566B, 386 version and TN567, 486 version) which holds the central process- ing unit, controllers, memory devices, and signal processors that make a DEFINITY AUDIX System operational. For release 4.0 the TN568 is the only circuit pack and therefore performs all operations for the DEFINITY AUDIX system.
Multilingual System
A DEFINITY AUDIX System containing primary and secondary lan- guage announcement sets. A large (40 hour) system can hold up to nine different language sets. The Telecommunications Device for the Deaf
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