Lucent Technologies MERLIN LEGEND Release 7.0 System Planning Manual page 445

MERLIN LEGEND Communications System Release 7.0
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Glossary
K
kbps
Key Mode
L
LAN
LDN
LED
Line
Line and Trunk
Assignment
Line Coding
Line
Compensation
Line/Trunk
Line/Trunk Jack
Line/Trunk and
Extension Module
Local Dial Plan
Local Extension
Local Host
Computer Access
Local Loop
kilobits per second .
One of three modes of system operation, in which the
system uses personal lines on line buttons for outside calls,
with a separate interface ( ICOM buttons ) for inside calling.
See also Behind Switch Mode
Local Area Network . Arrangement of interconnected
personal computers or terminals, which sometimes access
a host computer, and sometimes sharing resources such
as files and printers.
Listed Directory Number .
Light-Emitting Diode . Semiconductor device that produces
light when voltage is applied; light on a telephone.
Connection between extensions within the communications
system; often, however, used synonymously with trunk .
Assignment of lines and trunks connected to the system
control unit to specific buttons on each telephone.
Pattern that data assumes as it is transmitted over a
communications channel.
Adjustment for the amount of cable loss in decibels (dB),
based on the length of cable between a 100D module and
a channel service unit ( CSU ) or other far-end connection
point.
Refers to inside system lines and outside lines/trunks in
general terms. See also
Physical interface on a module in the control unit for
connecting an outside line/trunk to the communications
system. Also called "trunk jack."
Module on which the jacks for connecting central office
lines/trunks and/or the jacks for connecting the extensions
are located.
In a system that is part of a private network , list of
extension ranges that the local system refers to in order to
route local intersystem calls via UDP .
In a system that is part of a private network , extension that
is listed in the system's local dial plan .
Method for connecting an extension jack to an on-site
computer for data-only calls through a modem or ISDN
terminal adapter .
The two-way connection between a customer's premises
and the central office .
and Hybrid/PBX
Line Trunk
and .
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