Cisco Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Audio Server Installation Guide
G-18 Glossary
MeetingPlace Audio Server Installation Planning Guide
Latitude Communications
user A person interacting with the MeetingPlace system.
user class The level of system-related permissions available to a user.
user group A group of profile users with common attributes. By defining
user groups, system managers reduce the time required to set up and maintain
individual user profiles.
user groups, system managers reduce the time required to set up and maintain
individual user profiles.
user ID A unique alphanumeric string of up to 17 characters given to all
profile users. MeetingTime references users by their user IDs in all its screens
and reports.
profile users. MeetingTime references users by their user IDs in all its screens
and reports.
user license See
.
V
vanity ID A custom meeting ID, containing any combination of text and
numbers, that users enter when they schedule meetings. See also
numbers, that users enter when they schedule meetings. See also
.
Virtual Private Network See
Voice over Internet protocol See
voice prompts Audio prompts over the telephone requesting touch-tone or
spoken input from users.
spoken input from users.
VoIP Voice over Internet Protocol. A set of facilities for managing the
delivery of voice information using IP. Voice information is sent in digital
form in discrete packets over the Internet instead of in analog form over
PSTN. A major advantage of VoIP is that it avoids the tolls charged by
ordinary telephone service.
delivery of voice information using IP. Voice information is sent in digital
form in discrete packets over the Internet instead of in analog form over
PSTN. A major advantage of VoIP is that it avoids the tolls charged by
ordinary telephone service.
VPN Virtual Private Network. A restricted network that uses public wires to
connect nodes. A VPN encapsulates, or “tunnels,” private data cheaply,
reliably, and securely through a public network, usually the Internet.
connect nodes. A VPN encapsulates, or “tunnels,” private data cheaply,
reliably, and securely through a public network, usually the Internet.
W
waiting room A virtual “room” where attendees wait for the meeting to
begin. In reservationless meetings, all attendees are placed into a waiting
room until the meeting organizer logs in to begin the meeting.
begin. In reservationless meetings, all attendees are placed into a waiting
room until the meeting organizer logs in to begin the meeting.
WAN Wide Area Network. A data network typically extending a LAN
outside a building or beyond a campus, over IXC or LEC lines to link to other
LANs at remote sites. Typically created by using bridges or routers to connect
geographically separated LANs.
outside a building or beyond a campus, over IXC or LEC lines to link to other
LANs at remote sites. Typically created by using bridges or routers to connect
geographically separated LANs.
WAV Wave file format. A digitized audio file format for Microsoft Windows
that stores sounds as waveforms. A Wave file uses the .wav file name
extension.
that stores sounds as waveforms. A Wave file uses the .wav file name
extension.