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AT&T 8503T User Manual

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pickup group

A group of voice terminal users who can answer calls for each

other through the Call Pickup feature. Group members are determined by the
System Manager and are usually located in the same work area or perform similar job
functions.

priority call

An important or urgent call that sends a special 3-burst ring.

program/reprogram

To use your dial pad to assign a telephone number to a

personal list item for Abbreviated Dialing.

retrieve

To collect voice terminal messages with the Message feature. (Also, with

Call Park, to resume a call from an extension other than the one where the call was
first placed or received.)

ringer

The device that produces the electronic ringing sound in your voice terminal.

stored number

A telephone number that has been programmed and stored as a

1-, 2-, or 3-digit list item for use with Abbreviated Dialing. It can be a complete or
partial telephone number, an extension number, or a trunk or feature code. Once
programmed, a number can be accessed by first dialing the list, then the list item
digit(s) under which it is stored.

switch

The device that makes connections for all voice and data calls for a

network, and also contains software for features. Also known as a system, switching
system,

or PBX (private branch exchange). (Your switch is an AT&T DEFINITY

Communications System Generic 1 or Generic 3.)

switch features

Those features that you can use only if your voice terminal is

connected to a DEFINITY Communications System switching system and if the
feature is assigned to your voice terminal.

system list

One of the 4 types of Abbreviated Dialing lists; programmable only by

the System Manager. Contains telephone numbers helpful to all system users, and
stores each of those numbers as a 2-digit list item.

System Manager

The person responsible for specifying and managing the operation

of features for all the voice and data equipment in your network.

trunk

A telecommunications channel between your DEFINITY Generic 1 or

Generic 3 and the local or long distance calling network. Trunks of the same kind
connecting to the same end points are assigned to the same trunk group.

trunk code

A dial code of 1, 2, or 3 digits that you dial to access a trunk group to

place an outside call.

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