Glossary - AT&T MERLIN LEGEND Release 3.0 System Programming And Maintenance Manual

Glossary

A
account code
Accunet
address
adjunct
ALS
analog transmission
ANI
Code used to associate incoming and outgoing
calls with corresponding accounts, employees,
projects, and clients.
AT&T's switched digital service for 56-kbps,
64-kbps restricted, and 64-kbps clear circuit-
switched data calls.
a coded representation of the destination of
data or of the data's originating terminal, such
as the dialed extension number assigned to
the data terminal. Multiple terminals on one
communication line must each have a unique
address.
Optional equipment used with the
communications system, such as an alerting
device or modem that connects to a multiline
telephone or to an extension jack.
(Automatic Line Selection) Programmed order
in which the system makes outside lines
available to a user.
Mode of transmission in which information is
represented in continuously variable physical
quantities such as amplitude, frequency,
phase, or resistance. See also digital
transmission.
(automatic number identification) Process of
automatically identifying a caller's billing
number and transmitting that number from the
caller's local central office to another point on
or off the public network.
System Programming and Maintenance (SPM) GL-1