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Meridian Digital Telephone IP Adapter Installation and Administration Guide 193
October 2001 Glossary
CBT
See computer-based training.
CD-ROM
A type of optical disk capable of storing large amounts of data (up to 1 Gbyte),
although the most common size is 630 Mbytes. A single CD-ROM has the
storage capacity of 700 floppy disks and is particularly well-suited to
information that requires large storage capacity.
chip
The small flake of silicon crystal that makes up the microprocessor. 2. A type of
controller.
CLAN
See customer local area network.
CLID
See calling line identification.
client
The part of a client/server architecture that runs on a personal computer or
workstation and relies on a server to perform some operations. For example, an
e-mail client is an application that enables you to send and receive e-mail.
COD
See call on demand.
codec
An acronym for COder-DECoder. A device that codes analog signals into digital
signals for transmission and decodes digital signals into analog signals for
receiving.
COM or COMM
Communications port. This usually refers to the Logical Device name of PC
serial ports as defined by DOS.