Terms and Definitions
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Term or Definiton
Meaning
Bootstrap
The starting-up of a SmartNode, which involves checking
the Reset button, loading and starting the application image,
and starting other software modules, or—if no valid
application image is available—the bootloader.
Build
The released software is organized as builds. Each build has
its unique identification. A build is part of a release and is
responsible to fix software bugs. See also release.
Call Routing
Calls through SmartNode can be routed based on a set of
routing criteria. See also Session Router.
Call Signaling
The call signaling specifies how to set up a call to the
destination SmartNode or 3
rd
party equipment.
Circuit
A communication path between two or more devices.
Circuit Port
Physical port connected to a switching system or used for
circuit switching.
Circuit Switching
The switching system in which a dedicated physical circuit
path must exist between the sender and the receiver for the
duration of the "call." Used in the conventional telephone
network.
Codec
Abbreviation for the word construct
Co
der and
Dec
oder.
Voice channels occupy 64 kbps using PCM (pulse code
modulation) coding. Over the years, compression techniques
were developed allowing a reduction in the required
bandwidth while preserving voice quality. Such compression
techniques are implemented witin a Codec.
Comfort Noise
Comfort noise is generated at the remote end of the silent
direction to avoid the impression that the connection is dead.
See also Silence Compression.
Command Line Interface
An interface that allows the user to interact with the
SmartWare operating system by entering commands and
optional arguments. Other operating systems like UNIX or
DOS also provide CLIs.
Configuration Download
A configuration file is downloaded from a remote TFTP
server via TFTP to the persistent memory (
nvram:
) or volatile
memory (
system:
)of a SmartNode.
Configuration File
The configuration file contains SmartWare CLI commands,
which are used to configure the software modules of
SmartWare performing a certain functionality of the
SmartNode.
Configuration Server
A central server used as a store for configuration files, which
are downloaded to or uploaded from a SmartNode using
TFTP.
Configuration Upload
A configuration file is uploaded from the persistent memory
(nvram:) or volatile memory (
system:
) of a SmartNode via
TFTP to a TFTP server.
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