MERLIN LEGEND Communications System Release 7.0
System Programming
555-670-111
Issue 1
April 1999
Glossary
GL-6
Calling Group
Team of individuals who answer the same types of calls.
Call Management
System
See
.
Calling Party Name
on Caller ID
This central office service allows a subscriber to view the
name of the calling party on an MLX, ETR, or MLS display
telephone.
Calling Party
Number on Caller
ID
This central office service allows a subscriber to view the
number of the calling party on an MLX, ETR, or MLS
display telephone.
CAS
Call Accounting System
. DOS- or UNIX System-based
application that monitors and manages telecommunications
costs.
CAT
Call Accounting Terminal
. Stand-alone unit with a built-in
microprocessor and data buffer that provides simple call
accounting at a low cost.
CCITT
International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative
Committee
.
CCS
Common-Channel Signaling
. Signaling in which one
channel of a group of channels carries signaling
information for each of the remaining channels, permitting
each of the remaining channels to be used to nearly full
capacity. In the system’s 100D module, channel 24 can be
designated as the signaling channel for channels 1–23.
Centralized
Telephone
Programming
Programming of features on individual telephones;
performed at a central location by the system manager.
See also
.
Centralized Voice
Messaging
Sharing of a voice messaging system by two or more
directly connected MERLIN LEGEND Systems in a
private
network
. Available beginning in Release 6.1.
Central Office
See
.
Centrex
Set of system features to which a user can subscribe on
telephone trunks from the local telephone company.
Channel
Telecommunications transmission path for voice and/or
data.
Channel Service
Unit
See
.
Checksum
Sum of ones in a sequence of ones and zeros, used to
detect or correct errors in data transmission.
Circuit-Switched
Data Call
Data call made through an exclusively established and
maintained connection between
data stations
.
Class of
Restriction
See
.
