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Glossary
board assignment
board renumbering
BRI
bus
button
byte
C
Call Accounting
System
Call Accounting
Terminal
Caller ID
GL–6
Maintenance and Troubleshooting
SPM procedure for assigning line/trunk and extension
modules to slots on the control unit .
System programming procedure for renumbering
line/trunk and extension modules that have already been
assigned to specific slots on the control unit .
(Basic Rate Interface) Standard interface that specifies the
protocol used between two or more communications
systems. BRI provides two 64-kbps B-channel s for voice
and/or data and one 16-kbps D-channel , which carries
multiplexed signaling information for the other 2 channels.
Multiconductor electrical path used to transfer information
over a common connection from any of several sources to
any of several destinations.
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 .
In Release 3.0 and later, a system feature that supports a
caller identification service provided by some local
telephone companies (if local regulations allow) supplying
the calling party telephone number. An 800 GS/LS-ID
module on the system can capture this information and
display it on the screens of MLX telephones. See also ANI .