AT&T MERLIN LEGEND Release 3.0 System Programming Manual page 787

Glossary
bus
button
byte
C
Call Accounting
System
Call Accounting
Terminal
Calling group
Call Management
System
campus cable
CAS
CAT
CCITT
CCS
centralized
telephone
programming
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 bits (usually eight) processed together. Also
called "octet."
See CAS.
See CAT
Team of individuals who answer the same types of calls.
See CMS.
Cable that runs between buildings connected to the same
communications system.
(Call Accounting System) DOS- or UNIX system-based
application that monitors and manages
telecommunications costs.
(Call Accounting Terminal) Standalone unit with a built-in
microprocessor and data buffer that provides simple call
accounting at a low cost.
(International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative
Committee)
(common-channel signaling) Signaling in which one
channel of a group of channels carries signaling
information for each of the remaining channels, permitting
each of the remaining channels to be used to nearly full
capacity. In the system's 100D module, channel 24 can be
designated as the signaling channel for channels 1-23.
Programming of features on individual telephones;
performed at a central location by the system manager
See also system programming and extension
programming.
GL–5
System Programming