DEFINITY AUDIX System Release 4.0
System Description Pocket Reference
585-300-214
Issue 1
May 1999
Glossary
GL-2
Asynchronous Transmission
A form of serial communications where each transmitted character is
bracketed with a start bit and one or two stop bits.
Asynchronous Data Unit (ADU)
A small device that can extend data transmission far beyond recom-
mended Electronic Industries Association (EIA) limits over building wir-
ing.
Audio Messaging Interchange Specification (AMIS)
An analog networking feature that allows subscribers of different voice
mail systems to send voice mail messages to one another.
Audit
A software program that resolves filesystem incompatibilities and
updates restored filesystems to a workable level of service. Audits are
done automatically on a periodic basis, or can be performed on
demand.
Audio Information Exchange (AUDIX)
A complete voice-mail messaging system accessed and operated by
touch-tone telephones and integrated with a switch.
AUDIX Administration and Data Acquisition Package
(ADAP)
A software package that allows the DEFINITY AUDIX administrator to
transfer system subscriber, maintenance, or traffic data over the
administration port to a personal computer (PC) or Work Group Sys-
tem (WGS).
Automated Attendant
A DEFINITY AUDIX feature that allows a customer to set up a main
number with a menu of options that routes callers to an appropriate
department at the touch of a button.
B
Backup
A duplicate copy of a filesystem saved on a removable tape or MO
disk. The backup filesystem may be copied back (restored) if the active
version is damaged (corrupted) or lost.
Balun
On the DEFINITY AUDIX LAN connection, the adapter needed to con-
nect the twisted-pair breakout cable to the coaxial building wire distri-
bution system.
Baud Rate
Transmission signaling speed.
Boot (or Reboot)
The operation to start a computer system by loading programs from
disk to main memory (part of system initialization).