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ms
Millisecond
MS/T
Main satellite/tributary
MSA
Message servicing adjunct
MSG
Message service
MSL
Material stocking location
MSM
Modular System Management
MSS
Mass storage system
MSSNET
Mass storage/network control
MT
Management terminal
MTDM
Modular trunk data module
MTP
Maintenance tape processor
MTT
Multitasking terminal
multiappearance voice
terminal
A terminal equipped with several call-appearance buttons for the same extension,
allowing the user to handle more than one call on that same extension at the same
time.
Multicarrier cabinet
A structure that holds one to five carriers. See also
single-carrier cabinet
on
page 426.
Multifrequency
Compelled (MFC)
Release 2 (R2) signaling
A signal consisting of two frequency components, such that when a signal is
transmitted from a switch, another signal acknowledging the transmitted signal is
received by the switch. R2 designates signaling used in the United States and in
countries outside the United States.
multiplexer
A device used to combine a number of individual channels into a single common bit
stream for transmission.
multiplexing
A process whereby a transmission facility is divided into two or more channels, either
by splitting the frequency band into a number of narrower bands or by dividing the
transmission channel into successive time slots. See also
time-division multiplexing
(TDM)
on page 429.
multirate
The new N x DS0 service (see N x DS0).
