Lucent Technologies MERLIN LEGEND Release 5.0 Installation Manual page 322

MERLIN LEGEND Communications System Release 5.0
Installation 555-650-140
Glossary
board
board assignment
board renumbering
BRI
bus
button
byte
A module , for example, 100D or 408 MLX GS/LS,
that allows you to connect lines/trunks and exten-
sions to the communications system or holds the
processor or power supply.
SPM procedure for assigning line/trunk and exten-
sion 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 speci-
fies the protocol used between two or more commu-
nications systems. BRI provides two 64-kbps
B-channel s for voice and/or data and one 16-kbps
D-channel , which carries multiplexed signaling infor-
mation for the other 2 channels.
Multiconductor electrical path used to transfer infor-
mation over a common connection from any of sev-
eral 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 com-
munications system.
Sequence of bit s (usually eight) processed together.
Also called "octet."
Issue 1
June 1997
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