3Com NBX 100 Administrator's Manual page 448

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LOSSARY
AUI
auto dial
Auto Attendant
Auto Discovery
auto redial
autorelocation
ACD
backbone
bandwidth
incoming calls ring at the telephone associated with the Attendant
Console.
Attachment Unit Interface. The IEEE 802.3-specified cable and connector
used to attach single-channel and multiple-channel equipment to an
Ethernet transceiver. Defined in Section 7 of the 802.3 standard.
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.
Automatic Call Distribution. A feature that distributes calls to agents
and queues the calls that have not been answered before a
pre-determined time period expires. The ACD also manages recorded
announcements to callers, manages individual ACD agents and groups
of agents, and provides database reports on both calls and agents.
B
A high-capacity network that links together other networks of lower
capacity. A typical example is a Frame Relay or
a number of Ethernet LAN segments.
The capacity of a connection method to carry data.
BRI Basic Rate Interface. An
(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.
ISDN standard that allows two circuit-switched B
ATM backbone that serves