Stereo System User Manual

DEFINITY AUDIX System Release 4.0

System Description Pocket Reference

585-300-214

Issue 1

May 1999

Glossary

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Standalone Utility

A software utility with options that include disk drive initialization, copy-

ing files from a generic tape or MO disk onto the customer’s disk, and

map partition modification. With release 3.2 and earlier releases the

standalone utilities where referred to as standalone tape utilities.

Subscriber Specific Announcement Set

When the Multilingual feature is enabled, each subscriber form has

three fields specifying the announcement set with which the subscriber

will interact with the system once they log in, and the two announce-

ment sets with which callers to the subscriber’s mailbox can interact

with the system.

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)

A set of protocol standards which allows a process on one machine to

send data to a process on another machine. Communication may be

full or half duplex. TCP/IP includes support for multiple operating sys-

tems and machine architectures.

Telecommunications Device for the Deaf (TDD)

A category of DEFINITY AUDIX features, including personal greetings

and announcement sets, that exchange text messages with subscrib-

ers or callers using teletypewriters.

Teletypewriter (TTY)

A device that uses Baudot tones to transmit text-based telephone mes-

sages for the hearing impaired. Subscribers or callers can use tele-

typewriters to access the DEFINITY AUDIX system if TDD features are

enabled.

Time Division Multiplex (TDM) Bus

The interface between the DEFINITY AUDIX System and the switch

that carries digitally-encoded voice waveforms and circuit-switched

data.

Update

A limited incremental change on an existing release involving software

only.

Upgrade

The replacement of one release with a new release. This may involve

software, flashware, hardware, and/or data.