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Glossary
board renumbering
BRI
button
byte
C
Call Accounting
System
Call Accounting
Terminal
Calling group
Call Management
System
CAS
CAT
CCITT
CCS
centralized
telephone
programming
central office
GL–4
System Manager's Guide
System programming procedure for renumbering boards
that have already been assigned to specific slots on the
control unit.
(Basic Rate Interface) A standard protocol for accessing
Integrated Service Digital Network (ISDN) services.
Key on the face of a telephone that is used to access a
line, activate a feature, or enter a code on a
communications system.
Sequence of bit s (usually eight) processed together. Also
called "octet."
See CAS .
See CAT .
Team of individuals who answer the same types of calls.
See CMS .
(Call Accounting System) DOS- or UNIX System-based
application that monitors and manages
telecommunications costs.
(Call Accounting Terminal) Standalone unit with a built-in
microprocessor and data buffer that provides simple call
accounting at a low cost.
(International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative
Committee)
(common-channel signaling) Signaling in which one
channel of a group of channels carries signaling
information for each of the remaining channels, permitting
each of the remaining channels to be used to nearly full
capacity. In the system's 100D module, channel 24 can be
designated as the signaling channel for channels 1–23.
Programming of features on individual telephones;
performed at a central location by the system manager.
See also system programming and extension
programming.
See CO .