3Com SuperStack 3 NBX Administrator's Manual page 464

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LOSSARY
auto dial
Auto Attendant
Auto Discovery
auto redial
autorelocation
backbone
bandwidth
BRI
bridge
bridged extension
broadcast
buffer
A feature that opens a line and dials a preprogrammed telephone
number.
A system feature that provides incoming callers with menu options to
help them reach the appropriate person or information.
A feature that "discovers" a new telephone or other device on the
network. A new telephone receives a default telephone number that
appears on the telephone display panel. A new device is assigned one or
more extension numbers or device numbers.
A modem, fax, or telephone feature that redials a busy number a fixed
number of times before giving up.
A feature that allows a telephone to keep its extension number and
personal and systems settings when you connect it to a different Ethernet
jack on the same LAN.
A high-capacity network that links together other networks of lower
capacity. A typical example is a Frame Relay or ATM backbone that serves
a number of Ethernet LAN segments.
The capacity of a connection method to carry data.
Basic Rate Interface. An ISDN standard that allows two circuit-switched B
(bearer) channels of 64 Kbit/s each plus one D (data) channel at 16 Kbit/s
for a total of 144 Kbit/s to be carried over a single twisted pair cable.
A networking device that connects two separate local area networks and
makes the LANs look like a single LAN, passing data between the
networks and filtering local traffic.
An extension of a primary telephone that appears on one or more
secondary telephones. Incoming calls and indeed any activity associated
with the primary telephone can be handled on any of the secondary
telephones.
A simultaneous transmission method that sends each packet from one
node to all other nodes.
A temporary storage area for data that compensates for a difference in
transmission speeds.