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PBX GROUP [3 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2010-06-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Call Distribution Systems
DEF

A switching system which automatically distributes incoming calls to a centralized group of attendants without going through a PBX attendant. If no answering positions are available, the calls will automatically be held until one becomes free.

OBS

automatic call distributor: term officially approved by Bell Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Distributeurs d'appels (Téléphonie)
OBS

distributeur d'appels automatique, distributeur automatique d'appels : termes uniformisés par Bell Canada.

Spanish

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Record 2 2003-07-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telephony and Microwave Technology
  • Telephones
  • Telephone Services
DEF

Service available at some PABX's and Centrex offices where a station receiving an incoming call can transfer it to any other station in the same group without the assistance of an operator.(SMICO, 71 : 427) Both PBX and CENTREX lines must have "transfer capability", since it is not unusual for incoming calls to a business to reach a person other than the one wanted.(GOSWI, 77 : 15)

OBS

call transfer: officialized by Bell Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Téléphonie et techniques hyperfréquences
  • Téléphones
  • Services téléphoniques
DEF

Complément de service permettant à un usager de transférer à un tiers une communication établie avec un autre usager, qu'il ait été le demandeur ou le demandé.

CONT

Dans une installation d'abonné avec postes supplémentaires, renvoi d'un appel émanant du réseau public [...] vers un autre poste avec ou sans consultation de ce dernier. (TELKA, 78: 115) Les possibilités de transfert des communications réseau d'un poste supplémentaire sur un autre, qu'offrent les installations semi-automatiques [...], sont particulièrement avantageuses dans les grandes entreprises, pour faciliter l'aiguillage correct des communications d'arrivée du réseau. (TECHNI, E-2880: 6)

OBS

transfert d'appels : uniformisé par Bell Canada.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Telefonía y tecnología de microondas
  • Teléfonos
  • Servicios telefónicos
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Record 3 1990-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telephone Exchanges
  • Telephone Services

French

Domaine(s)
  • Centraux téléphoniques
  • Services téléphoniques

Spanish

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