Avaya S8100 Manuel D’Utilisation

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A feature that allows the system to automatically choose the least-cost way to send a toll call.

Unix-like command-line interpreter.

A standard ISDN frame format that specifies the protocol used between two or more communications 
systems. BRI runs at 192 Mbps and provides two 64-kbps B channels (voice and data) and one 16-
kbps D channel (signaling). The D channel connects, monitors, and disconnects every call. It also can 
carry low-speed packet data at 9.6 kbps.

Housing for racks, shelves, or carriers that hold electronic equipment.

Physical connection between two pieces of equipment (for example, data terminal and modem) or 
between a piece of equipment and a termination field.

A jack (female) or plug (male) on the end of a cable. A cable connector connects wires on a cable to 
specific leads on telephone or data equipment.

This software feature provides recording, costing, and reporting of call detail records. Recording 
includes the capability to set record discard criteria that allow the customer to specify the data 
recorded. Costing uses tariff databases and user-defined parameters. Reporting produces both 
periodic reports for individual users, organizations, accounts, user-defined criteria, and demand 
statistics.

Textual representation of call traffic.

An enclosed shelf containing vertical slots that hold circuit packs.

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The location housing telephone switching equipment that provides local telephone service and access 
to toll facilities for long-distance calling.

The first three digits of a 7-digit public-network telephone number in the United States.

A telecommunications channel that provides access from the system to the public network through 
the local CO.

1. An arrangement of electrical elements through which electric current flows.
2. A channel or transmission path between two or more points.