AltiGen comm 600 Telephone User Manual


 
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Glossary
A
Alti-IP 600H/600PH - AltiGen’s H.323-compliant, business telephone that
provides voice communication over an IP network.
ASCII - American Standard Code for Information Interchange.
B
Boot - to cause the computer to start executing instructions.
BPS - Bits Per Second. The number of bits transmitted per second.
C
configure - to determine and assign the equipment cabinet or chassis contents and
location of each card, as well as software parameters.
D
DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) - a protocol that lets network
administrators manage centrally and automate the assignment of Internet Protocol
(IP) addresses in an organization’s network.
DNS - Domain name system used to address translation to convert H.323 IDs,
URLs, or e-mail IDs to IP addresses. DNS is also used to assist in locating remote
gatekeepers and to reverse-map raw IP addresses to host names of administrative
domains.
Do Not Disturb (DND) - when this feature is selected, all incoming calls to the
user’s extension are denied. If the station has system forwarding instructions, the
calls will be automatically redirected to another extension, Attendant, or operator.
DTMF - Dual Tone Multi Frequency are the low and high frequency tones that
comprise touch tone signals.
DSP - Digital Signal Processor. A microprocessor with an architecture that is
particularly optimized to perform mathematical algorithms that manipulate digital
signals.
Dynamic IP Address - An IP address that is automatically assigned to a client
stationinaTCP/IPnetwork,typicallybyaDHCPserver.Networkdevicesthat
serve multiple uses, such as server and printers, are usually assigned static IP
addresses.
Dual Tone Multi Frequency -seeDTMF.