AT&T MERLIN LEGEND Release 2.0 Equipment And Operations Manual page 274

Glossary
loop-start
line/trunk
LS line/trunk
Magic On Hold
Mbps
Megacom
Megacom 800
MERLIN
Attendant
MERLIN MAIL
Voice
Messaging
System
MFM
MLX-lO/MLX-
10D telephone
MLX-20L
telephone
MLX-28D
telephone
mode codes
modem
GL-12 Glossary
See LS line/trunk.
A line/trunk on which a closure between the tip and ring
leads is used to originate or answer a call. High-voltage 20-
Hz AC ringing from the central office (CO) signals an
incoming call.
A customized Music-on-Hold system enhancement that
promotes the customer's products and services.
Megabits per second
AT&T's tariffed digital WATS offering for outward calling.
AT&T's tariffed digital 800 service for inward calling.
An application with equipment that connects to one or more
tip/ring station ports and automatically answers incoming
calls with a recorded announcement. In response to touch-
tone digits dialed by the caller, MERLIN Attendant directs
the caller to a department, an extension, or the system
operator.
An application that provides automated attendant, call
answering, and voice-mail services on the communications
system.
(Multi-Function Module) An adapter that provides a tip/ring
interface for the connection of optional equipment such as
answering machines, external alerts, and fax machines to
an MLX (digital) telephone. The optional equipment and the
MLX telephone operate simultaneously and independently.
The MFM is installed inside the MLX telephone.
A 10-button telephone offered with or without a 2-line by
24-character menu-driven display.
A telephone with 20 programmable line or feature buttons
and a 7-line by 24-character menu-driven display.
A telephone with 28 programmable line or feature buttons
and a 2-line by 24-character menu-driven display.
Streams of touch-tone codes used by voice messaging
applications to communicate with the communications
system's control unit.
A device that converts digital data signals to analog signals
for transmission over telephone lines. The analog signals
are converted back to the original digital signals by another
modem at the other end of the line.