Lucent Technologies MERLIN LEGEND Release 7.0 Feature Reference page 1005

MERLIN LEGEND Communications System Release 7.0
Feature Reference 555-670-110
Glossary
Blocking
BMI
Board
Board Assignment
Board
Renumbering
bps
BRI
Broadband
BTMI
Bus
Button
Byte
C
Call Accounting
System
Call Accounting
Terminal
Caller ID
Condition in which end-to-end connections cannot be made
on calls because of a full load on all possible services and
facilities. See also Glare.
Broadcast Music Incorporated .
Module—for example, 100D or 408 MLX GS/LS—that
allows you to connect lines/trunks and extensions to the
communications system.
System Programming and Maintenance (SPM) procedure
for assigning line/trunk and extension modules to slots on
the control unit.
System programming procedure for renumbering boards
that have already been assigned to specific slots on the
control unit.
Bits per second .
Basic Rate Interface . Standard protocol for accessing
Integrated Service Digital Network (ISDN) services.
Transmission path having a bandwidth greater than a
voice-grade channel.
Basic Telephone Modem Interface .
Multiconductor electrical path used to transfer information
over a common connection from any of several sources to
any of several destinations.
Key on the face of a telephone that is used to access a line,
activate a feature, or enter a code on a communications
system.
Sequence of bit s (usually eight) processed together. Also
called "octet."
See CAS .
See CAT .
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. In Release 7.0
and later, an 800 GS/LS-ID, 408 GS/LS-ID-MLX, or 412
LS-ID-ETR module can capture both the number and name
of the calling party and display them on the screens of
MLX, ETR, and MLS telephones. See also
Issue 1
April 1999
GL-5
ANI .