Polycom DOC2066F manual Appendix a Glossary, Abbreviation Explanation Term

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Appendix A: Glossary

This appendix lists the terms and abbreviations that relate to the

MGC functionalities and technologies, and are commonly used in the

MGC Manager documentation.

Abbreviation/	Explanation
Term
AMI	Alternate Mark Inversion. A T1 line coding format, inverting
	alternate ones.
Asynchronous	A transmission method used by dial up modems. Data is
	transmitted using a start bit at the beginning of a character
	and a stop bit at the end. The time interval between
	characters may be of varying lengths.
ATM	Asynchronous Transfer Mode. High speed (up to 155 Mbps)
	high bandwidth network that integrates voice, video and data.
	ATM provides connectivity to LANs, WANs, private networks
	and sub-networks.
	ATM supports applications requiring high transmission
	speeds, large transmission capacities, and bandwidth on
	demand.
Audio Bridge	Used to mix multiple audio inputs and to output composite
	audio to each of the endpoints connected to a conference.
B8ZS	Bipolar 8-Zero Substitution. A T1 line coding format
	substituting each group of eight consecutive zeros with an
	established pattern. See also T1 line.

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