Lucent Technologies MERLIN LEGEND Release 5.0 Maintenance And Troubleshooting Manual page 428

MERLIN LEGEND Communications System Release 5.0
Maintenance and Troubleshooting 555-650-140
Glossary
CO
coaxial cable
codec
common channel
signaling
communications
system
control unit
console
CONVERSANT
(central office) Location of telephone switching
equipment that provides local telephone service and
access to toll facilities for long-distance calling.
Cable consisting of one conductor, usually a small
copper tube or wire within and insulated from
another conductor of larger diameter, usually copper
tubing or copper braid.
(coder-decoder) Device used to convert analog
signals, such as speech, music, or television, to
digital form for transmission over a digital medium
and back to the original analog form.
See CCS.
Software-controlled processor complex that inter-
prets dialing pulses, tones, and/or keyboard
characters and makes the proper interconnections
both inside and outside. Consists of a computer,
software, a storage device, and carriers with special
hardware to perform the actual connections.
Provides voice and/or data communications
services, including access to public and private
networks, for telephones and other equipment. Also
referred to in this guide as "system," short for
MERLIN LEGEND Communications System.
Processor module, power supply modules,
line/trunk and extension modules, carriers, and
housing of the system.
Refers to telephone and adjuncts (if any) at an
operator or system programmer extension.
Voice response application that automatically
answers and routes calls and executes telephone
transactions.
Issue 1
June 1997
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