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Generic 1, 2, or
3
AT&T DEFINITY Communications System software releases. Generic 1, Generic
3i, and Generic 3s correspond to the new generation of System 75-based software.
Generic 2 and Generic 3r correspond to the new release of System 85-based software.
Generic 4 or 5 Compatible 5ESS Switch software, used for integrated AUDIX applications in R1V4.
Generic 7, 8, or
9
Compatible 1A ESS Switch software, used for integrated AUDIX applications in
R1V4. The different generics support different types of message-waiting indication
capability.
Generic-
Program
Cartridge
A copy of the uncustomized software shipped with a new system.
Get Messages See Scan Incoming Mailbox Activity.
Grade of
Service (GOS)
The level of service subscribers receive based on the number of seconds they have to
wait before AUDIX answers a call.
Guest Password An AUDIX Enhanced feature that allows people who are not AUDIX subscribers to
leave messages on AUDIX by dialing a subscriber’s extension and entering a system-
wide guest password.
Half-Duplex Asynchronous transmission between devices in either direction, but not both
directions at once.
Hard Disk Drive
(HDD)
A permanently mounted, 170-Mbyte fixed disk drive on AUDIX.
Header Information that AUDIX creates to identify a message. A message header includes
the originator or recipient, type of message, creation time, and delivery time.
Help A command run by pressing HELP or CTRL ? on a display terminal to show the
options available at your current form position. In AUDIX, press * H to get a list
of options.
Hexadecimal Alphanumeric numbering scheme used in some error messages to represent the
numbers 0 to 15. Hexadecimal digits include the numbers 0 to 9 and the characters A,
B, C, D, E, and F.
Host Switch The switch directly connected to AUDIX over the data link; also, the physical link
connecting AUDIX to the rest of a DCS network. See also Distributed
Communications System.
Hunt Group A group of analog ports on the switch, usually administered to search for available
ports in a circular pattern. Used on AUDIX Standalone systems and some switches.
Information
Service
An AUDIX feature that allows a message to be played to callers who dial the
extension. Callers cannot leave a message (it is a listen-only service). Also called
Bulletin Board.
Inactive
Filesystem
Any filesystem that is not administered as an active filesystem on the system :
filesystem or system : announcement : filesystems forms.
Initialization The process of bringing a device or system to a predetermined starting state. The full
AUDIX start-up (boot) procedure tests hardware; loads the boot filesystem programs;
locates, mounts, and opens other required filesystems; and starts normal service.