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PBX SYSTEM [12 records]

Record 1 2014-11-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications
  • Telephone Facilities
DEF

[A] customer controlled switching system whose purpose is to provide its users with the ability to pick up selectively any of several lines and to hold calls associated with any of these lines.

CONT

A PBX [private branch exchange] is differentiated from a key telephone system(KTS) in that users of a key system manually select their own outgoing lines on special telephone sets that control buttons for this purpose, while PBXs select the outgoing line automatically...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télécommunications
  • Installations (Téléphonie)
DEF

Installation téléphonique la plus utilisée lorsque le nombre de postes supplémentaires est peu élevé, qui permet aux usagers de s'appeler directement entre eux et de communiquer en départ et en arrivée avec les abonnés du réseau public.

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-10-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telephony and Microwave Technology
DEF

The ability of a PBX system to offer uniform distribution of incoming calls to station users(called agents) on a random basis or to the station which has received the least amount of calls.

OBS

automatic call distribution: term officially approved by Bell Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Téléphonie et techniques hyperfréquences
OBS

Système SL-1, un système de commutation téléphonique privé.

OBS

distribution d'appels automatique; distribution automatique d'appels : termes uniformisés par Bell Canada.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Telefonía y tecnología de microondas
DEF

Capacidad de un sistema de centralita automática privada de ofrecer distribución uniforme de llamadas entrantes a los usuarios de estación (llamados agentes en este caso) de forma aleatoria, o a la estación que ha recibido la menor cantidad de llamadas.

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Record 3 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 4 2009-01-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications Transmission
  • Audio Technology
  • Police
  • Intelligence (Military)
DEF

The connection of a concealed listening or recording device to a communication circuit.

CONT

Wiretapping is the preferred method of obtaining intelligence... it involves tying in to a wire or other conductor that is used for communications. This wire can be a telephone line, a PBX [private branch exchange] cable, a local area network, a CCTV [closed circuit television] video system, an alarm system, or any other communications medium.

OBS

telephone tapping: This practice is no longer limited to the use of telephone lines, but the term "telephone tapping" continues to be used to denote this concept.

Key term(s)
  • wire-tapping

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transmission (Télécommunications)
  • Électroacoustique
  • Police
  • Renseignement (Militaire)
DEF

Installation discrète d'un dispositif d'écoute ou d'enregistrement sur un circuit de télécommunications.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Transmisión (Telecomunicaciones)
  • Electroacústica
  • Policía
  • Inteligencia (militar)
DEF

Instalación de un dispositivo en las líneas telefónicas o telemáticas para captar los datos que por ellas se transmiten.

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Record 5 2006-02-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telephony and Microwave Technology
  • Internet and Telematics
CONT

Shoulder surfers spend their time in public areas that have lots of pay phones. Airports are excellent locations for observing calling card numbers or DISA [Direct Inward System Access] phone numbers and access codes.... Shoulder surfers with stolen DISA phone numbers and codes dial into a company's PBX system and are passed through to a DISA port to an outside line where they run up thousands of dollars in long-distance calls.

OBS

See "Telecom 2000", an advertising and information supplement to the Sept. 13, 1993 edition of Maclean’s magazine.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Téléphonie et techniques hyperfréquences
  • Internet et télématique
CONT

Les épieurs passent leur temps près des téléphones publics, dans les aéroports, par exemple. Ils surveillent les voyageurs et lorgnent leur numéro de carte d'appel ou leur numéro de téléphone et code d'accès DISA [accès directe au système interne]. [...] Armés des numéros de téléphone et codes d'accès DISA volés, les épieurs (ou les "clients", qui leur achètent les numéros) se servent du système particulier d'une entreprise pour faire des milliers de dollars d'appels interurbains non autorisés.

OBS

Voir «Télécom 2000», supplément publicitaire de «L'Actualité» du 1 octobre 1993.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Telefonía y tecnología de microondas
  • Internet y telemática
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Record 6 2001-12-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telephone Services
DEF

A facility which allows an outside caller the ability to dial directly into a PBX system, without attendant intervention, to gain complete access to PBX system facilities and outgoing trunk circuits.

OBS

direct inward system access; DISA: term and abbreviation officially approved by Bell Canada.

Key term(s)
  • DISA access

French

Domaine(s)
  • Services téléphoniques
OBS

Système SL-1, un système de commutation téléphonique privé.

OBS

accès direct au système; ADAS : terme et abréviation uniformisés par Bell Canada.

Key term(s)
  • accès ADAS

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Servicios telefónicos
DEF

Facilidad que permite a un llamante externo marcar directamente dentro de un sistema de centralita automática privada, sin la intervención de la operadora, para conseguir acceso completo a las facilidades del sistema de centralita automática privada y enlaces de circuitos salientes.

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Record 7 2001-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Internet and Telematics
  • Telephony and Microwave Technology
  • Telephones
DEF

A 10-button "key pad" provided on the console to allow speedy dialling of extension numbers to complete incoming outside calls.

OBS

This facility is used only when the PBX system is not arranged for touch-tone calling.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Internet et télématique
  • Téléphonie et techniques hyperfréquences
  • Téléphones

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Internet y telemática
  • Telefonía y tecnología de microondas
  • Teléfonos
DEF

Teclado de 10 botones disponible en la consola que permite la marcación rápida de números de extensión para el establecimiento de llamadas entrantes.

OBS

Esta facilidad se usa sólo cuando el sistema de la centralita automática privada no está adaptado para llamadas por tonos multifrecuencia.

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Record 8 2001-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telephone Services
  • Telephone Exchanges
DEF

A feature that allows a remote maintenance centre to access the alarms indication section of a PBX system by dialling over the public telephone network to the system and to thereby determine the current status of any alarm conditions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Services téléphoniques
  • Centraux téléphoniques

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Servicios telefónicos
  • Centrales telefónicas
DEF

Facilidad que permite a un centro de mantenimiento a distancia acceder a la sección de indicación de alarma de un sistema de centralita automática privada llamando a través de la red telefónica pública al sistema y de este modo determinar el estado actual de cualquier condición de alarma.

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Record 9 2001-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Internet and Telematics
  • Telephony and Microwave Technology
  • Telephones
DEF

An indication that a given PBX system utilizes only instruments that incorporate pushbutton dialling pads.

OBS

These pushbutton dials may be of DTMF (touch-tone) or other tone output types, or they may be of a special digital output nature.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Internet et télématique
  • Téléphonie et techniques hyperfréquences
  • Téléphones

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Internet y telemática
  • Telefonía y tecnología de microondas
  • Teléfonos
DEF

Indicación de que un sistema de centralita automática privada dado utiliza sólo instrumentos que incorporan adaptadores de marcación por teclado.

OBS

Esta marcación puede ser de doble tono de multifrecuencia (tonos multifrecuencia) u otro tipo de salida, o pueden ser de una naturaleza digital especial.

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Record 10 1988-03-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telephone Exchanges

French

Domaine(s)
  • Centraux téléphoniques

Spanish

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Record 11 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Intercoms
  • Audio Technology
OBS

--.(...) often associated with PBXs [private branch exchange] to call individuals by name. They(...) use a(...) microphone or the transmitter of the PBX(...) headset, transferred(...) to the loudspeaker system by operating a key.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Interphones
  • Électroacoustique
OBS

--. (...) liaison unilatérale qui tient le milieu entre l'interphone et la sonorisation. [Il] permet: de faire des communications [au] personnel (...) et (...) de rechercher rapidement une personne.

Spanish

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Record 12 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fire Warning Devices

French

Domaine(s)
  • Alarme-incendie

Spanish

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