Instruction manual

INTUITY Messaging Solutions Release 4
MAP/5P Maintenance 585-310-186
Issue 3
October 1997
Glossary
Page GL-22
on-line help
A Lucent I
NTUITY system feature that provides information about user interface windows, screens,
and menus by pressing a predetermined key. See also
help .
open systems interconnection (OSI)
An internationally accepted framework of standards for communication between systems made by
different vendors.
operating system (OS)
The set of software programs that runs the hardware and interprets software commands.
option
A choice selected from a menu, or an argument used in a command line to specify program output
by modifying the execution of a command. When you do not specify any options, the command
executes according to its default options.
OS
See
operating system .
OSI
See
open systems interconnection .
outcalling
A Lucent I
NTUITY system feature that allows the system to dial users’ numbers to inform them they
have new messages.
outgoing mailbox
A storage area on the Lucent INTUITY system where users can keep copies of messages for future
reference or action.
P
parallel transmission
The transmission of several bits of data at the same time over different wires. Parallel transmission
of data is usually faster than serial transmission.
password
1. A word or character string recognized automatically by the Lucent I
NTUITY system that allows a
user access to his/her mailbox or a system administrator access to the system data base. 2. An
alphanumeric string assigned to local and remote networked machines to identify the machines or
the network. See also
login.
password aging
An I
NTUITY AUDIX feature that allows administrators to set a length of time after which a user’s
AUDIX password or the administrator’s system password expires. The user or administrator must
then change the password.
PBX
See
private branch exchange .
PC
See
power converter .
PDM (processor data module)
See
modular processor data module (MPDM) .