- Industrie: Telecommunications
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An occurrence or happening, usually significant to the performance of a function, operation, or task. 2. In Integrated Services Digital Networks (ISDN,) an instantaneous occurrence that changes at least one of the attributes of the global status of a managed object. Note: An event (a) may be persistent or temporary, thus allowing for functions, such as surveillance, monitoring, and performance measurement, (b) may generate reports, (c) may be spontaneous or planned, (d) may trigger other events, and (e) may be triggered by one or more other events.
Industry:Telecommunications
An off-hook condition applied to the network interface (NI) by the network that indicated the network intends to complete a call attempt to the customer installation (CI) or intends to continue an established connection.
Industry:Telecommunications
An off-hook condition applied to the network interface (NI) by the network that indicated the network intends to complete a call attempt to the customer installation (CI) or intends to continue an established connection.
Industry:Telecommunications
An off-hook condition applied to the NI (network interface) by the CI (customer installation) for a timed interval that indicates the CI recognizes a connect signal from the network and will be ready to receive address signals after return to on-hook.
Industry:Telecommunications
An office (or group of offices) within a city which generally handles the originating and incoming toll traffic for that city to or from other toll center areas and which handles through switched traffic. The toll center normally handles the inward toll traffic for its tributary exchanges and, in general, either handles the outward traffic originating at its tributaries or serves as the outlet to interexchange circuits for outward traffic ticketed and timed at its tributaries. Toll centers are listed as such in the Toll Rate and Route Guide.
Industry:Telecommunications
An offline operation performed by equipment not under control of the processing unit.
Industry:Telecommunications
An on-hook signal indicating customer installation (CI) readiness to receive network outpulsing that is used in conjunction with controlled outpulsing. The on-hook signal that ends the wink-start signal or delay-dial signal is the start-dial signal.
Industry:Telecommunications
An on-hook signal sent from an end office toward the disconnect-control office indicating either calling or called user hang-up and requesting the connection be disconnected. The interface remains dedicated to the call until the disconnect-control office responds to the hang-up signal.
Industry:Telecommunications
An online file that contains frequently asked questions with answers provided to assist new users and avoid repetitive offline inquiries. Note: An FAQ file is usually created for Internet news groups, but is also used in other applications.
Industry:Telecommunications
An opening in the jacket of a diskette to allow access to the read/write heads. Synonym read/write opening.
Industry:Telecommunications
