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121Glossary
identified as 3 short rings. (Distinctive
Ring is also referred to as: Ident-A-Ring,
Ident-A-Call, Ring Master, Teen Service,
Double Number, Personal Ringing, Ring
Plus, Smart Ring Service, Special Ring or
Customized Ringing).
Driver
A program that controls a device. Every
device, whether it is a printer, disk drive,
or keyboard, must have a driver program.
A driver acts like a translator between the
device and programs that use the device.
DTMF
Dual Tone Multi-Frequency. The system
used by touchtone telephones. DTMF
assigns a specific frequency, or tone, to
each key so that it can easily be identified
by a microprocessor.
Extension (Local)
A Local Extension is any telephone or
analog device (answering machine, fax,
etc.) that is plugged into one of the
‘Extensions’ jacks located on the back
panel of your TalkSwitch.
Extension (Remote)
A call forwarding number that can be
any telephone number, in any location.
FCC
Federal Communications Commission.
The FCC is the United States federal
regulatory agency responsible for the
regulation of interstate and international
communications by radio, television,
wire, satellite and cable.
Firmware
Firmware is a combination of software
and hardware. More precisely, it is
software (programs or data) that has been
written onto hardware (micro-chips).
Micro-chips (ROMs, PROMs and
EPROMs) that have data or programs
recorded on them are called firmware.
Flash button
A button on your telephone. Pressing
the Flash button has the same effect as
pressing the Link button or depressing
and releasing the ‘hang up’ (switch)
hook on a telephone. All of these actions
will send a signal to TalkSwitch to put
calls on or off hold.
Home phone
A home phone is any telephone using the
same telephone line as one of TalkSwitch’s
Lines, but is not plugged directly into the
back of TalkSwitch as an extension.
Auto Call Back
Allows you to activate Call Back by
dialing one of TalkSwitch’s telephone
numbers, letting the call ring at least
once and then hanging up.
Intercom
A dedicated voice service within a
specified user environment. TalkSwitch
offers intercom capabilities between its
Local Extensions.
Interface
Something that connects two separate
entities. A user interface is the part of a
program that connects the computer with
a human operator (user).
Keypad Commands
Combinations of digits that are used to
configure TalkSwitch from a touchtone
telephone.
Keypad (Telephone)
The push buttons on a telephone.
Key Telephone System
With Key Telephone Systems, access to
telephone lines and calling features is
controlled internally within each tele-
phone unit. Users can gain direct access
to telephone lines, etc. by pressing a key
(or button) on their telephone.