- Industry: Telecommunications
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The first signal in an MF (multifrequency) outpulsing format; a control signal used to prepare the customer installation (CI) to receive digits.
Industry:Telecommunications
The first octet of the packet header that identifies the protocol used to transport the frame.
Industry:Telecommunications
The first exchange in the call connection capable of invoking the routing portion of the RBTESC service. This may be a local exchange or a transit exchange. It recognizes the emergency call and determines the caller's emergency service zone (ESZ,) the transfer number (s,) and the priority of the call.
Industry:Telecommunications
The first bit of each octet of the address field of a packet. The first octet is identified by the extension bit set to 0, and the second octet is identified by the extension bit set to 1.
Industry:Telecommunications
The field within a voice packet that contains blocks arranged according to the significance of the bits: the first block contains the most significant bits (MSBs) of all samples, the second contains the second MSBs, and so on. Within a block, bits are ordered according to their corresponding sample numbers.
Industry:Telecommunications
The field in the U. S. Signaling point code structure that identifies signaling networks.
Industry:Telecommunications
The field in the U. S. Signaling point code structure that identifies groups of signaling points and individual STPs (signaling transfer points) of a signaling network.
Industry:Telecommunications
The Federal Communications Commission program and associated directives intended to assure that all connected terminal equipment and protective circuitry will not harm the public switched telephone network or certain private line services. Note 1: The FCC registration program requires the registering of terminal equipment and protective circuitry in accordance with Subpart C of part 68, Title 47 of the Code of Federal Regulations. This includes the assignment of identification numbers to the equipment and the testing of the equipment. Note 2: The FCC registration program contains no requirement that accepted terminal equipment be compatible with, or function with, the network.
Industry:Telecommunications
The exclamation point character (!) used in early addressing schemes to separate the names of individual machines. Note: Bang-style addressing is no longer common. Synonym scream.
Industry:Telecommunications
The FCC Order that provided the customer with the ability to retain his toll free number and move or select carrier (s) of choice to service that same toll free number.
Industry:Telecommunications
