Installation guide

Glossary 231
Synapse Installation Guide
T1: A digital signaling standard to transmit voice and data between devices
T.38: An analog fax protocol that encodes fax-modem codes over VoIP
trunk: A communications connection between the Synapse system and the telephone company
unsupervised transfer: Occurs when you do not communicate with the transfer recipient when transferring calls. The transfer
recipient does not have to pick up the phone and talk to you before receiving the transferred call.
UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply): A battery-powered emergency power supply device
URL (Uniform Resource Locator): An Internet address
VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol): A transmission technology for delivery of voice communications over IP networks such as
the Internet or other packet-switched networks. Other synonymous terms include IP telephony, Internet telephony, Voice Over
BroadBand (VoBB), broadband telephony, and broadband phone.
WebUI (Web User Interface): A means of interacting with a product using a computer interface. Connection to the World Wide
Web is not necessary.