Lucent Technologies MERLIN LEGEND Release 5.0 Installation Manual page 346

MERLIN LEGEND Communications System Release 5.0
Installation 555-650-140
Glossary
PBX
PC
PCMCIA memory
card
personal line
PFT
pool
port
Power Failure
Transfer
(private branch exchange) Local electronic tele-
phone switch that serves local stations (for example,
extensions within a business) and provides them
with access to the public network.
(personal computer)
(Personal Computer Memory Card International
Association memory card) See
Central office trunk that terminates directly on one or
more telephones. In Hybrid/PBX mode , a personal
line cannot be part of a trunk pool . Also called "DFT"
(direct facility termination). Also refers to lines repre-
sented on line buttons in Key Mode .
(Power Failure Transfer) Feature that provides conti-
nuity of telephone service during a commercial
power failure by switching some of the system's
trunk connections to telephones connected to spe-
cially designated extension jacks.
In Hybrid/PBX mode , a group of outside trunks that
users can access with a Pool button or by dialing an
access code on an SA button . Also used by the ARS
feature when choosing the least expensive route for
a call.
See jack. Also, refers to
before these are numbered according to the dial plan
during programming. The lowest jack on a module is
always Port 1.
See PFT.
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memory card.
extension or line jacks
Issue 1
June 1997