Lucent Technologies MERLIN LEGEND Release 6.1 System Manager's Manual page 451

MERLIN LEGEND Communications System Release 6.1
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Glossary
screen pop
SDN
series
configuration
Service Observing
SID
signaling
simplex signaling
single-line
telephone
slot
SMDR
SMDR printer
Software Defined
Network
special character
SPM
square key
star configuration
station
station jack
Station Message
Detail Recording
Refers to a computer-telephony software application that
takes caller information (for example, provided by Caller ID
service), queries a database, and displays a screen with
information about the caller onto a user's PC screen.
Screen pop requires that an identifying number or code be
available to identify the calling party. See also CTI link .
(Software Defined Network) AT&T private networking
service created by specialized software within the public
network.
A private network arrangement where either two or four or
more communications systems are connected in a line,
with no particular system acting as the hub system . See
also star configuration .
A feature available in Release 6.1 and later systems that
allows one extension to listen in on (observe) calls that
arrive at another extension.
[station (extension) identification]
Sending of information between devices to set up,
maintain, or cease a connection such as a telephone call.
Transmission of signals in one direction only across a
telecommunications channel.
Industry-standard touch-tone or rotary-dial telephone that
handles one call at a time and is connected to the system
via an extension jack on a 012, 016, or 008 OPT module.
Position in a carrier for a module; numbered from 0.
(Station Message Detail Recording) Feature that captures
usage information on incoming and outgoing calls.
Printer used to produce SMDR reports. Connected to the
system via an RS-232 jack on the processor module .
See SDN .
Pause, Stop, or End-of-Dialing signal in a programmed
dialing sequence such as a speed dial number.
(System Programming and Maintenance) DOS -, UNIX-, or
Windows-based application for programming the system.
Configuration in Key mode operation in which all outside
lines appear on all telephones.
A private network arrangement where either three or more
communications systems are connected with one system
acting as the hub system . See also series configuration .
See extension .
See extension jack .
See SMDR .
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August 1998
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