Glossary – THOR-TECH

9
911

a
Access
Access Charge
Accunet Packet Service (APS)
ACD
ACR
Additional Listings
ADSL
AIC
Alarm Lines
Allowable Contract Date
Analog
Analog Communications
Analog Signal
Analog Transmission
ANI
ANI (Automatic Number Identification)
Anonymous Call Rejection
ANSI
APS
Area Code
ASCII
ASIC
ASLC
Asynchronous Communication
AT&T®
AT&T® “5ESS”
ATM
Attenuation
Automatic Busy Redial

b
B-Channel
Bandwidth
Bandwidth Allocation Control Protocol (BACP)
Basic Rate Interface (BRI)
BCS
Bearer Services
Benchmark
Bill Consolidation
Billing Aggregator
Billing Cycle
Billing Increment
Billing Name
Billing Period
Billing Telephone Number
Broadband

c
Call Accounting System
Call Again
Call Appearances
Call Attempt
Call Block
Call Completion
Call Detail Record
Call Forward
Call Forward Busy
Call Forward Don’t Answer
Call Forward No Answer
Call Return
Call Screening
Call Transfer
Call Waiting
Caller ID
Caller ID Type 2
CAP
CAROT
Category 1
Category 2
Central Office (CO)
Central Office Local Area Network
CENTREX

e
E911

f
Form 470
Form 471
Form 486
Funding Commitment Decision Letter
Funding Year (FY)

j
Jitter

k
Kari’s law

l
Latency

m
MLTS (Multi-Line Telephone System

n
NNI

p
Packet Loss
PS-ALI
PS-ALI (Private Switch Automatic Location Identification)
PSAP (Public Safety Answering Point)

r
RAY BAUM’S Act

s
Service Provider Identification Number

u
UNE-P

Voice and Data Terminology