Instruction manual

DEFINITY® Business Communications System and GuestWorks® Issue 6
Overview
555-231-208
Issue 1
April 2000
Glossary and Abbreviations
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status lamp
A green light that shows the status of a call appearance or a feature button by the state of the light
(lit, flashing, fluttering, broken flutter, or unlit).
SVN
Security-violation notification
switch
Any kind of telephone switching system. See also communications system
.
switchhook
The buttons located under the receiver on a telephone.
switch-processing element (SPE)
A complex of circuit packs (processor, memory, disk controller, and bus-interface circuit packs)
mounted in a PPN control carrier. The SPE serves as the control element for that PPN.
SXS
Step-by-step
synchronous data transmission
A method of sending data in which discrete signal elements are sent at a fixed and continuous rate
and specified times.
SYSAM
System Access and Administration
system administrator
The person who maintains overall customer responsibility for system administration. Generally, all
administration functions are performed from the Management Terminal. The switch requires a
special login, referred to as the system administrator login, to gain access to system-administration
capabilities.
system printer
An optional printer that may be used to print scheduled reports via the report scheduler.
system report
A report that provides historical traffic information for internally measured hunt groups.
system-status report
A report that provides real-time status information for internally measured hunt groups.
system manager
A person responsible for specifying and administering features and services for a system.
system reload
A process that allows stored data to be written from a tape into the system memory (normally after
a power outage).