Lucent Technologies MERLIN LEGEND Release 6.0 Maintenance And Troubleshooting Manual page 478

MERLIN LEGEND Communications System Release 6.0
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Glossary
tandem tie trunk
tandem PRI trunk
TAPI
telephone power
supply unit
terminal adapter
tie trunk
timed flash
tip/ring
touch-tone
receiver
T/R
trunk
trunk jack
trunk pool
TSAPI
A tandem trunk that is an analog delay-start tie trunk ,
providing a single line/trunk per facility and allowing
analog transmission of voice and low-speed data. Or a
T1 facility offering 24 channels on emulated tie trunks
and programmed for voice or data
(tandem Primary Rate Interface trunk) A private network
trunk.
Telephony Application Programming Interface. An
application programming interface that allows computer
telephony applications to be used. TAPI is not yet
supported by the MERLIN LEGEND Communications
System. See also TAPI, CTI
Equipment that provides power to an individual telephone.
See ISDN terminal adapter .
Private trunk directly connecting two telephone switches.
See switchhook flash .
Contacts and associated conductors of a single-line
telephone plug or jack.
See TTR .
See tip/ring .
Telecommunications path between the communications
system and the telephone company central office ( CO ) or
another switch. Often used synonymously with line .
See line/trunk jack .
See pool .
Telephony Services Application Programming Interface.
An application programming interface that allows
computer telephony applications to be used. TSAPI is
supported by the MERLIN LEGEND Communications
System Release 5.0. See also TAPI, CTI.
Issue 1
February 1998
Page GL-36