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private access code
A one-digit number that identifies the systems on a private network that is using the a
Universal Dialing Plan (UDP). This number is assigned in front of the Home Local Code
(HLC) that is unique to each node.
Dial string: (<priv.access.code>+<HLC>+<DN>)
Private branch exchange
See PBX system.
private line
See Private to.
private network
A telephone network including PBXes, such as Meridian 1, and/or Business
Communications Managers connected through dedicated land trunks (E&M, T1/E1, PRI
Sl-1, PRI CbC, BRI) or voice over IP (VoIP) trunks.
Private to
This feature allows you to select the telephone that exclusively uses a line. The line cannot
appear on another telephone, except the prime telephone for that line. You cannot place
private lines into line pools. Private lines are assigned under Line XXX, Trunk Line data,
Line Type. (Services, Telephony Services, Lines)
programming
Setting the way the Business Communications Manager system works. Programming
includes system-wide settings and separate telephone and line settings.
protocol
A set of rules and procedures for exchanging data between computers or Business
Communications Manager base units on a network or through the Internet.
proxy
A proxy is a server that acts on behalf of another.
PSTN
The Public Switched Network (PSTN) provides central office lines that connect the
system to the public network. Configure lines under Telephony Services, Lines.
Note: Private network lines are PSTN lines that have been designated by the central office
as exclusive lines that directly connect two private telephony systems. In a private
network, toll charges are not charged on a per-call basis, but are figured into the cost of the
line services.
public network
The central office telephone network that provides trunks and lines to individual telephone
users and private systems.