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activate To begin or turn on the operation of a feature.
attendant The person who handles incoming and outgoing calls at the main
console.
AUDIX (Audio Information Exchange) An optional voice mail and message service
that provides coverage for calls to you by recording callers’ messages and reporting
Leave Word Calling messages.
coverage Automatic redirection of calls from an unanswered telephone to another
telephone. Redirection could be to the extension of a receptionist, secretary,
coworker, AUDIX, or message center. A person who provides coverage is a covering
user.
DEFINITY System Generic 1, Generic 2, Generic 3 The AT&T switch to which your
MDC 9000 telephone may be connected. (Your telephone may be connected to
System 75 or System 85 instead.) The DEFINITY system transmits and receives
voice and data signals for all communications equipment in your network.
dial pad The 12 pushbuttons you use to dial a number and access features.
enhanced list One of the four types of Abbreviated Dialing lists; programmable
only by the system manager. Contains telephone numbers useful to all system
members, and stores each of those numbers as a 3-digit list item.
extension A dialing number of one to five digits assigned to each telephone
connected to your DEFINITY system or System 75 or System 85.
feature A special telephone function or service, such as Conference, Hold, Leave
Word Calling, etc. A phone feature already appears on your telephone and can be
used immediately. A system feature can be used only if the telephone is connected
to a DEFINITY Generic 1, Generic 2, or Generic 3, or System 75 or System 85, and if
the feature has been assigned to your telephone by your system manager.
feature code A dial code of one, two, or three digits you use to activate or cancel
the operation of a feature.
group list One of the four types of Abbreviated Dialing lists; programmable only by
the system manager. Contains telephone numbers useful to members of a specific
group, and stores each of those numbers as a 2-digit list item.
handset The handheld part of the telephone that you pick up, talk into, and listen
from.
party A person who places or receives a call.
personal list One of the four types of Abbreviated Dialing lists; programmable by
the system manager or by you, the user. Contains telephone numbers of your choice,
and stores each of them as a single-digit list item.
personal list item One of the 10 available slots on an Abbreviated Dialing personal
list. The first nine personal list items are given digits 1 to 9, with 0 for the tenth
item.
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