Instruction manual

MERLIN LEGEND Communications System Release 5.0
Installation
555-650-140
Issue 1
June 1997
Glossary
Page GL-29
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network Configuration of communications devices and soft-
ware connected for information interchange.
network interface Hardware, software, or both that links two systems in
an interconnected group of systems, for example,
between the local telephone company and a PBX.
off-hook Telephone is said to be off-hook when the user has
lifted the handset, pressed the Speaker button to
turn on the speakerphone, or used a headset to con-
nect to the communications system or the telephone
network.
off-premises
telephone
See OPT
.
ones density Requirement for channelized
DS1 service to the
public network that eight consecutive zeroes cannot
occur in a digital data stream.
on-hook Telephone is said to be on-hook when the handset is
hung up, the speakerphone is turned off, and the
user is not using a headset to connect either to the
communications system or the telephone network.