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G-10 AltiWare OE System Installation & Administration Manual
SMTP - Simple Mail Transfer Protocol. Protocol for sending Internet email.
station - any location wired to accept a telephone, sometimes referred to as an
extension. Also another name for a place where a call can be answered. It may be a
telephone, an Attendant console, a PC, or any other device.
subscriber - a user or connection. The line from a telephone to a switch.
System Speed Dialing - this feature allows the user to access a system wide
directory of commonly called numbers that have been “condensed” into a two- or
three-digit code on the telephone dial pad.
T
TAPI - Telephone Application Programming Interface. A call-processing software
that allows developers to implement telephony applications that control switches
from different vendors.
TCP/IP - Transfer Control Protocol/Internet Protocol. A full set of protocols used
on the Internet.
TDM - Time Division Multiplexing.
telecommunications - any transmission, emission, or reception of signals, writing,
images, or other information by wire, radio, or any other electromagnetic system.
Tip and Ring - the traditional telephony indication of plus and minus in electrical
circuits. (See Ground start and Loop start.)
toll call - a call to a point outside of the local service calling area. Identified by
greater distance and increased rates or by 1 plus dialing requirements.
toll restriction - a feature that allows the user to restrict certain station users from
placing toll calls, or other non-business related locations.
traffic - a measure of the demand or use of facilities, circuits, or trunks. Measured
by converting seconds and minutes into CCSs (Centum Call Seconds) and Erlangs
(hours of use per hour).
transfer - this feature redirects a call to another extension,
the AltiGen Voice
Mail System
, or operator.
trunk - one of the cables that contain numerous shared telephone circuits used to
interconnect telephone switching centers.
trunk access code - the prefix digit (i.e. 9) dialed to access a trunk line and dial an
external phone number.
trunk group - trunks of a common type, given an identity to distinguish between
different types of connecting facilities.