AT&T MERLIN LEGEND Release 3.1 System Programming Manual page 855

Glossary
data rate
data station
data terminal
data terminal
equipment
DCE
D-channel
DCP
dedicated feature
buttons
delay-dial-start tie
trunk
DFT
DHG
dial access
Dialed Number
identification
Service
dial-out code
GL–8
System Programming
See bps .
Special type of extension where data communications take
place; includes DTE and DCE ; sometimes a telephone is
also part of a data station.
An input/output ( I/0 ) device (often a personal computer)
that can be connected to the control unit via an interface.
See DTE and data terminal .
(data communications equipment) Equipment such as
modem s or data modules used to establish, maintain, and
terminate a connection between the system and data
terminal equipment ( DTE ), such as printers, personal
computers, host computers, or network workstations.
(Data-channel) 16-or 64-kbps channel that carries
signaling information or data on a PRI .
(Digital Communications Protocol) AT&T proprietary
protocol to transmit digitized voice and data over the same
communications link. A DCP link is made up of two 64-
kbps information (I) channels and one signaling (S)
channel to the B- and D-channels used in an ISDN .
The imprinted feature buttons on a telephone: Conf or
Conference, Drop, Feature, HFAI (Hands Free Answer on
Intercom), Hold, Message, Mute or Microphone, Recall,
Speaker or Speakerphone, and Transfer.
Tie trunk on which the originating end of the tie trunk
transmits an off-hook signal to the receiving end and waits
for the receiving end to send an off-hook signal followed by
an on-hook signal. Also called "dial-repeating tie trunk."
(direct facility termination) See personal line .
(data hunt group) Group of analog or digital data stations
that share a common access code. Calls are connected in
a round-robin fashion to the first available data station in
the group.
See feature code .
See DNIS .
Digit (usually a ) or digits dialed by telephone users to get
an outside line.