Lucent Technologies MERLIN LEGEND Release 6.1 Maintenance And Troubleshooting Manual page 463

MERLIN LEGEND Communications System Release 6.1
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Caller ID
Calling group
Call Management
System
CAS
CAT
CCITT
CCS
centralized
telephone
programming
central office
Centrex
channel
channel service
unit
A service provided by some local telephone companies (if
local regulations allow) that supplies the calling party
telephone number. In Release 3.0 and later, an 800
GS/LS-ID module on the system can capture this
information and display it on the screens of MLX
telephones. See also ANI .
Team of individuals who answer the same types of calls.
See CMS .
(Call Accounting System) DOS- or UNIX System-based
application that monitors and manages
telecommunications costs.
(Call Accounting Terminal) Standalone unit with a built-in
microprocessor and data buffer that provides simple call
accounting at a low cost.
(International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative
Committee)
(common-channel signaling) Signaling in which one
channel of a group of channels carries signaling
information for each of the remaining channels, permitting
each of the remaining channels to be used to nearly full
capacity. In the system's 100D module, channel 24 can
be designated as the signaling channel for channels 1–23.
Programming of features on individual telephones;
performed at a central location by the system manager.
See also system programming and extension
programming.
See CO .
Set of system features to which a user can subscribe on
telephone trunks from the local telephone company.
Telecommunications transmission path for voice and/or
data.
See CSU .
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