Telecom Glossary C1

Call Detail Records

Call data generated by the PBX in the form of an ASCII file that includes records of outgoing and incoming calls, who made or received the calls, incoming and outgoing locations of the calls, call length, time call took place and other information. May be stored in a buffer box (see PBX).

Call Forwarding

A feature that allows the subscriber to forward a call to another telephone number.

Call Waiting

A feature that alerts the subscriber if another call comes in during a current conversation. The user can answer the call waiting, but cannot connect all parties (connecting all parties is considered a conference call).

Caller ID

This feature displays the number of the person calling on a special display unit or screenphone.

Long Distance Glossary (A-1) (A-2) (A-3) (B-1) (B-2) (B-3) (B-C) (C-1) (C-2) (C-3) (C-4) (C-5) (C-6) (C-7) (C-8) (D-1) (D-2) (D-3) (D-E) (E-F) (F-1) (G-1) (H-I) (I-1) (I-2) (I-3) (I-4) (J-L) (L-1) (L-2) (L-3) (L-M) (M-N) (N-1) (N-O) (O-1) (O-P) (P-1) (P-2) (P-3) (P-4) (P-5) (P-R) (R-1) (R-2) (R-3) (S-1) (S-2) (S-3) (S-4) (S-T) (T-1) (T-2) (T-3) (T-4) (T-5) (T-6) (T-U) (V-1) (V-2) (V-Z)