Glossary
A
Account code
A code of up to 16 digits that is associated with
incoming or outgoing telephone calls. Entry of an
account code may be optional or forced. If
entered, an account code appears on the call
record for a call.
See also Call report, Forced
Account Code Entry, and Forced Account Code List.
Auto Dial button
A programmable telephone button that lets you dial
a series of digits simply by pressing that button. An
Auto Dial button can be used to store a feature
code, a phone number, or an account code so that
it can be dialed with one touch.
See also
Auto Attendant
An optional device that answers calls and routes
them to the appropriate extension based on caller
responses to a recorded announcement.
Automated Attendant Service
A voice messaging system feature that answers
calls and routes them to the appropriate extension
based on caller responses to a recorded
announcement.
See also Auto Attendant and Voice
Auxiliary equipment
Telecommunications equipment (other than system
phones) that can be connected to the control unit.
Auxiliary equipment includes industry-standard
devices that can connect directly to the public
telephone network (such as standard phones or fax
machines) as well as devices that require the
interface provided by the control unit (such as a
loudspeaker paging system).
B
Background Music
A feature that provides background music through
the speaker of an idle system phone for a user’s
work area. Background Music plays the
pre-recorded material from the Music On Hold
audio source.
Backup
The system and telephone programming settings
can be saved on a Backup/Restore PC Card using
either of two features: Backup Programming—
Automatic (#123) or Backup Programming—Manual
(#124).
Backup/Restore PC Card
A Lucent Technologies proprietary PC Card that is
used like a floppy disk to back up system and
telephone programming settings and to restore
these settings if they become corrupted. This card
must be inserted in the PARTNER ACS processor
module before you use the system’s backup or
restore features [Backup Programming— Automatic
(#123), Backup Programming—Manual (#124), or
Restore Programming (#125)].
See also PC Card.
C
Call Answer Service
A voice messaging system feature that lets callers
leave a message at an unanswered extension or
transfer themselves to another extension.
Call Assistant
Call Park
A feature that lets a user put a call on a special type
of hold, so it can be picked up from any extension
in the system.
Call record
A line of information on a call report that includes
data fields such as call type, date, time,
called/caller number, and call duration.
See also
Account code and Call report.
Call report
A page of information that begins with a header and
lists incoming and outgoing calls to and from your
business on a call-by-call basis.
See also Call
record and Call reporting.
Call reporting
A feature that provides records of call activity. Call
reporting also is referred to as Station Message
Detail Recording or SMDR.
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