ABSTRACT

Call centres have become the crucial front line for managing customer relationships. This book covers a range of call center terminology. It explains relevant terms, and provides the call center manager with a quick reference that covers the technology and operational issues that come up in running and improving a call center.

chapter |4 pages

Numbers

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0345 Numbers

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0800 Numbers

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0891 and 0898 Numbers

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1+

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1A2

entry |1 pages

1.544 MBPS

entry |1 pages

2600 Tone

entry |2 pages

30-Day Syndrome

entry |1 pages

500 Set

entry |1 pages

56 KBPS

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5ESS

entry |1 pages

64 KBPS

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700 Service

entry |1 pages

800 Portability

entry |2 pages

800 Service

entry |1 pages

877

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888 Service

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900 Megahertz

entry |2 pages

900 Service

entry |1 pages

9001

entry |1 pages

958

entry |1 pages

976

letter |22 pages

A

entry |1 pages

AA

entry |1 pages

AABS

entry |1 pages

Abandoned Call

entry |1 pages

Abandoned Call Cost

entry |1 pages

Above Hold Time

entry |1 pages

AC Power

entry |1 pages

AC to DC Converter

entry |1 pages

AC-DC Ringing

entry |1 pages

Access Method

entry |1 pages

Account Code (Voluntary or Enforced)

entry |1 pages

ACD

entry |1 pages

ACD Application Bridge

entry |1 pages

ACD Application-Based Call Routing

entry |2 pages

ACD Call Back Messaging

entry |1 pages

ACD Caller Directed Call Routing

entry |1 pages

ACD Conditional Routing

entry |1 pages

ACD Data Directed Call Routing

entry |1 pages

ACD-DN

entry |1 pages

ACD Intelligent Call Processing

entry |1 pages

ACIS

entry |1 pages

ACM

entry |1 pages

Acoustic Coupler

entry |1 pages

ACS

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Activity Codes

entry |1 pages

ADA

entry |1 pages

ADAD

entry |1 pages

Adaptive Learning

entry |1 pages

Adaptive Pulse Code Modulation

entry |1 pages

ADH

entry |1 pages

Adherence

entry |1 pages

Adherence Monitoring

entry |1 pages

Adjunct Processor

entry |1 pages

ADPCM

entry |1 pages

ADRMP

entry |2 pages

ADSI

entry |1 pages

ADSL

entry |1 pages

Advisory Tones

entry |1 pages

AEMIS

entry |1 pages

After-Call Work

entry |1 pages

After-Call Wrap-Up

entry |1 pages

AGC

entry |1 pages

Agent

entry |1 pages

Agent Callback Button

entry |1 pages

Agent ID

entry |1 pages

Agent Logon/Logoff

entry |1 pages

Agent Performance Report

entry |1 pages

Agent Sign On/Sign Off

entry |1 pages

Aggregator

entry |1 pages

AHT

entry |1 pages

AHT Distribution

entry |1 pages

AI

entry |1 pages

AIN

entry |2 pages

Alarm

entry |1 pages

All Trunks Busy

entry |1 pages

Alphanumeric

entry |1 pages

Alphanumeric Display

entry |1 pages

Alternate Routing

entry |1 pages

American Telemarketing Association

entry |1 pages

American Teleservices Association

entry |1 pages

American Telephone and Telegraph

entry |1 pages

AMIS

entry |2 pages

ANI

entry |1 pages

Announcement Systems

entry |1 pages

Announcers

entry |1 pages

ANSI

entry |1 pages

Answering Machine Detection

entry |1 pages

Anticipatory Dialing

entry |1 pages

AOT

entry |1 pages

APCM

entry |1 pages

APM

entry |1 pages

APP Gen

entry |1 pages

Application Bridge

entry |1 pages

Application Generator

entry |1 pages

Area Code Expansion

entry |2 pages

Area Code Restriction

entry |1 pages

Artificial Intelligence

entry |1 pages

Arts

entry |1 pages

ARU

entry |1 pages

AS/400

entry |1 pages

ASA

entry |1 pages

ASCAP

entry |1 pages

ASCII

entry |2 pages

Aspect Communications

entry |1 pages

ASR

entry |1 pages

Assignment

entry |1 pages

Asterisk Law

entry |1 pages

At Home Agent

entry |1 pages

ATA

entry |1 pages

AT&T

entry |1 pages

ATB

entry |1 pages

ATHT

entry |1 pages

ATIS

entry |1 pages

ATM

entry |1 pages

ATT

entry |1 pages

Attempt

entry |1 pages

Attendant

entry |1 pages

Attendant Busy Lamp Field

entry |2 pages

Attendant Console

entry |1 pages

Audio Messaging Interchange Specification

entry |1 pages

Audio Response Unit

entry |1 pages

Audiotext

entry |1 pages

Auditory Pattern Recognition

entry |1 pages

Auto Attendant

entry |1 pages

Autodialing

entry |1 pages

Auto Dialer

entry |1 pages

Auto Fax Tone

entry |1 pages

Automated Alternate Billing Systems

entry |1 pages

Automated Attendant

entry |2 pages

Automated Voice Response System

entry |3 pages

Automatic Call Distributor

entry |1 pages

Automatic Call Manager

entry |1 pages

Automatic Customer/Caller Identification System

entry |1 pages

Automatic Calling Unit

entry |2 pages

Automatic Call Sequencer

entry |1 pages

Automatic Dialer or Autodialer

entry |1 pages

Automatic Dialing Recorded Message Player

entry |1 pages

Automatic Gain Control

entry |1 pages

Automatic Number Identification

entry |1 pages

Available

entry |1 pages

Availability

entry |1 pages

Average Call Duration

entry |1 pages

Average Customer Arrival Rate

entry |1 pages

Average Delay

entry |1 pages

Average Delay to Abandon

entry |1 pages

Average Delay to Handle

entry |1 pages

Average Handling (or Handle) Time

entry |1 pages

Average Holding Time

entry |1 pages

Average Out Time

entry |1 pages

Average Positions Manned

entry |1 pages

Average Positions Required

entry |1 pages

Average Speed of Answer

entry |1 pages

Average Talk Time

entry |1 pages

Average Trunk Hold Time

entry |1 pages

Average Wait Time

entry |1 pages

Average Work Time

entry |1 pages

AWT

letter |8 pages

B

entry |1 pages

B Channel

entry |1 pages

Back Haul

entry |1 pages

Backplane

entry |1 pages

Backward Signal

entry |1 pages

Band

entry |2 pages

Barge-In

entry |1 pages

Base Amount

entry |1 pages

Base Load

entry |1 pages

Base Schedules

entry |1 pages

Base Staff

entry |1 pages

Basic Rate Interface BRI.

entry |1 pages

Battery

entry |1 pages

Battery Backup

entry |1 pages

Beep Tone

entry |1 pages

Bell Operating Company

entry |2 pages

Bellcore

entry |1 pages

Below Hold Time

entry |1 pages

Benchmarking

entry |1 pages

Bespoke

entry |1 pages

BHCA

entry |1 pages

BHCC

entry |1 pages

Big Bang

entry |1 pages

Billing Increment

entry |1 pages

Binaural

entry |1 pages

Blend

entry |1 pages

Blended Agent

entry |1 pages

Blended Call Center

entry |1 pages

Blocked Calls

entry |1 pages

Blocked Calls Delayed

entry |1 pages

Blocked Calls Held

entry |1 pages

Blocked Calls Released

entry |2 pages

Blocking

entry |1 pages

BOC

entry |1 pages

Boom

entry |1 pages

Branching Scripts

entry |1 pages

Break Optimization

entry |1 pages

Break Parameters

entry |1 pages

BRI

entry |1 pages

Bucket Shop

entry |1 pages

Burn Out

entry |1 pages

Burn ‘Em and Churn ‘Em

entry |2 pages

Business Process Analysis

entry |1 pages

Business-to-Business

entry |1 pages

Business File

entry |1 pages

Busy

entry |1 pages

Busy Back

entry |1 pages

Busy Hour

entry |1 pages

Busy Hour Call Attempts

entry |2 pages

Busy Hour Call Completions

entry |1 pages

Busy Hour Calls

entry |1 pages

Busy Hour Usage Profile

entry |1 pages

Busy Out

entry |1 pages

Busy Season

entry |1 pages

Butt Set

entry |1 pages

Bypass

letter |23 pages

C

entry |1 pages

Cable Type

entry |1 pages

Calendar Routing

entry |1 pages

Calibrate

entry |1 pages

Calibration

entry |1 pages

Call

entry |2 pages

Call Abandons also called Abandoned Calls.

entry |3 pages

Call Accounting System

entry |1 pages

Call Attempt

entry |1 pages

Call Blending

entry |2 pages

Call-By-Call Routing

entry |2 pages

Call Center

entry |1 pages

Call Centre

entry |1 pages

Call Completion Rate

entry |1 pages

Call Control

entry |1 pages

Call Control Procedure

entry |1 pages

Call Control Signal

entry |2 pages

Call Data

entry |1 pages

Call Detail Recording (CDR)

entry |1 pages

Call Flow

entry |2 pages

Call-Me Buttons

entry |1 pages

Call Mix

entry |1 pages

Call Priority

entry |1 pages

Call Processing

entry |1 pages

Call Processing Units

entry |1 pages

Call Progress

entry |1 pages

Call Progress Analysis

entry |2 pages

Call Progress Tone

entry |1 pages

Call Record

entry |1 pages

Call Reporting

entry |1 pages

Call Routing

entry |1 pages

Call Second

entry |1 pages

Call Sequencer

entry |1 pages

Call Setup Time

entry |1 pages

Call Shedding

entry |1 pages

Call Table

entry |1 pages

Call Type

entry |1 pages

Call Vector

entry |1 pages

Call Volume

entry |1 pages

Callcenter

entry |1 pages

Called Party Paid Service

entry |2 pages

Caller ID

entry |1 pages

Caller Independent Voice Recognition

entry |1 pages

Called Line Identification Signal

entry |1 pages

Calling Line ID

entry |1 pages

Calling Number Display

entry |1 pages

Calling Party's Number

entry |2 pages

Callpath

entry |1 pages

Callpower

entry |1 pages

Campaign

entry |1 pages

Campaign Flow

entry |1 pages

Capacity

entry |1 pages

Carbon-Compatible

entry |1 pages

Card (Station, Trunk)

entry |1 pages

Carrier

entry |1 pages

Carrier Bypass

entry |1 pages

Case-Based Reasoning

entry |1 pages

CATI

entry |1 pages

CCITT

entry |1 pages

CCMS

entry |1 pages

CCS

entry |1 pages

CCS/SS7

entry |1 pages

CDR

entry |1 pages

CDR Exclude Table

entry |1 pages

Central Office

entry |1 pages

Centrex

entry |1 pages

Centrex Call Management

entry |1 pages

Centum Call Second

entry |1 pages

CGI

entry |1 pages

Charges Against Refunds

entry |1 pages

Chase

entry |1 pages

Class

entry |1 pages

Clean

entry |1 pages

Click-to-Call

entry |1 pages

CLID

entry |1 pages

Client

entry |1 pages

Client Application

entry |2 pages

Client/Server

entry |1 pages

Closed Architecture

entry |1 pages

Cloud Level

entry |1 pages

Cluster

entry |1 pages

CMS

entry |1 pages

CMT

entry |2 pages

CNG

entry |1 pages

CO

entry |1 pages

CO ACD

entry |1 pages

Coaxial

entry |1 pages

Cold Call

entry |1 pages

COM (Component Object Model)

entry |1 pages

Common Carrier

entry |1 pages

Common Carrier Bureau

entry |1 pages

Communications Server

entry |1 pages

Communicator

entry |2 pages

Compiled List

entry |1 pages

Compression (Voice/Speech)

entry |1 pages

Computer

entry |1 pages

Computer-Aided Dialing

entry |1 pages

Computer-Based Lookup

entry |1 pages

Computer Telephony

entry |1 pages

Concatenated Speech

entry |2 pages

Conditional Routing

entry |1 pages

Conflict Management Training

entry |1 pages

Console

entry |1 pages

Consultive Selling

entry |1 pages

Contact Gateway

entry |1 pages

Contact History

entry |1 pages

Contact Management

entry |1 pages

Content Processing

entry |1 pages

Continuous Speech

entry |1 pages

Contour Headset

entry |1 pages

Conversation Time

entry |2 pages

Correlation

entry |1 pages

Cost-Per-Call Analysis

entry |1 pages

Cost Per Inquiry

entry |1 pages

Cost Per Order

entry |1 pages

Cost Per Thousand

entry |1 pages

Couponing

entry |1 pages

CPE

entry |1 pages

CPI

entry |1 pages

CPM

entry |1 pages

CPN

entry |1 pages

CPO

entry |1 pages

Creaming

entry |1 pages

CRM

entry |1 pages

Crosstalk

entry |1 pages

CSC

entry |1 pages

CSR

entry |1 pages

CTI

entry |1 pages

Cursor Dialing

entry |1 pages

Customer Care

entry |1 pages

Customer Care Center

entry |1 pages

Customer Information Systems

entry |1 pages

Customer Premises Equipment (CPE)

entry |1 pages

Customer Relationship Management

entry |1 pages

CRM

entry |1 pages

Customer Sensitivity Knowledge Base

entry |1 pages

Cutover

entry |1 pages

CVP

letter |10 pages

D

entry |1 pages

D Channel

entry |1 pages

Data Dip

entry |1 pages

Data Mining

entry |1 pages

Data Reservoir

entry |1 pages

Data Warehousing

entry |2 pages

Database Integration

entry |1 pages

Database Lookup

entry |1 pages

Database Management System

entry |2 pages

Database Marketing

entry |1 pages

Database Service Management INC

entry |1 pages

Day-of-Week Factors

entry |1 pages

DBMS

entry |1 pages

DCOM (Distributed Component Object Model)

entry |1 pages

DCS

entry |1 pages

DDD

entry |1 pages

Dealer Locator

entry |1 pages

Decision Tree

entry |2 pages

Decoy

entry |1 pages

Dedicated

entry |1 pages

Dedicated Access

entry |1 pages

De-Dupe

entry |1 pages

Delay Announcement

entry |1 pages

Delayed Call Statistics

entry |1 pages

Deluxe Queuing

entry |1 pages

Demand Dialing

entry |2 pages

Demographic Overlay

entry |1 pages

Dialback Security

entry |1 pages

Dialed Number Identification Service

entry |1 pages

Dialog Box

entry |1 pages

DID

entry |1 pages

Digital Announcer

entry |1 pages

Digital Couponing

entry |1 pages

Digital Crossconnect System

entry |2 pages

Digital Recording

entry |1 pages

Direct Distance Dialing

entry |1 pages

Direct Inward Dialing

entry |1 pages

Direct Inward Station Access

entry |1 pages

Direct Marketing

entry |1 pages

Direct Response

entry |1 pages

Direct-Mail Sold

entry |1 pages

Directory Assistance

entry |1 pages

Directtalk

entry |1 pages

DISA

entry |1 pages

Disconnect Rate

entry |1 pages

Discrete Speech

entry |1 pages

Discretionary Preview Dialing

entry |1 pages

Distributed Call Center

entry |1 pages

Distribution Group

entry |1 pages

Distribution List

entry |1 pages

DM

entry |1 pages

DMA

entry |1 pages

DN Directory Number

entry |1 pages

DNIS

entry |1 pages

Do Not Call

entry |2 pages

Do Not Call List

entry |1 pages

Document on Demand

entry |1 pages

Donor/Contributor List

entry |1 pages

Doubling Day

entry |1 pages

Download

entry |1 pages

DSMI

entry |1 pages

DTMF

entry |1 pages

Dual Headset

entry |1 pages

Dual-Tone Multi-frequency

entry |1 pages

DUMB Switch

entry |1 pages

DUMB Terminal

entry |1 pages

DUPE

entry |1 pages

Dynamic Answer

entry |1 pages

Dynamic Inbound/Outbound

entry |1 pages

Dynamic Load Balancing

entry |1 pages

Dynamic Overload Control

letter |6 pages

E

entry |1 pages

E-Mail

entry |1 pages

E-commerce

entry |1 pages

E-CRM

entry |1 pages

E-Tailing

entry |1 pages

Ear Loop

entry |1 pages

Ear Ring

entry |1 pages

Ear Tip

entry |1 pages

ECH

entry |1 pages

Echo Suppressor

entry |1 pages

ECP

entry |1 pages

EDA

entry |1 pages

Eight Hundred Service

entry |1 pages

Electromagnetic Radiation

entry |1 pages

Electronic Call Distribution

entry |1 pages

Electronic Commerce

entry |1 pages

Electronic-Compatible

entry |1 pages

Electronic Homestead

entry |1 pages

ELF

entry |1 pages

EMR

entry |1 pages

End-of-Shift Routing

entry |1 pages

Endless Loop

entry |1 pages

Enhanced DNIS

entry |1 pages

E911

entry |2 pages

Ergonomics

entry |2 pages

ERLANG

entry |1 pages

Erlang Formula

entry |1 pages

Error-Correcting Protocol

entry |1 pages

Ethernet

entry |1 pages

Event Code

entry |1 pages

Exchange

entry |2 pages

Expert System

entry |1 pages

Extended Call Management

entry |1 pages

Extremely Low Frequency Magnetic Radiation

letter |6 pages

F

entry |1 pages

Facsimile Machine

entry |1 pages

False Ringing

entry |1 pages

Fault Tolerant

entry |1 pages

Fax Board

entry |1 pages

Fax Card

entry |1 pages

Fax Gateway

entry |2 pages

Fax Machine

entry |1 pages

Fax Mailbox

entry |1 pages

Fax on Demand

entry |1 pages

Fax-Over-IP

entry |2 pages

Fax Server

entry |1 pages

Fax Store and Forward

entry |1 pages

FCC

entry |1 pages

Feature Buttons

entry |1 pages

Federal Communications Commission

entry |1 pages

Filter

entry |2 pages

First-Time Buyer

entry |1 pages

Flash Hook

entry |1 pages

Flexagents

entry |1 pages

Focus Group

entry |1 pages

Follow the Sun Dialing

entry |1 pages

Force Feed

entry |1 pages

Forced Available

entry |1 pages

Forced Preview Dialing

entry |1 pages

Forecasting

entry |1 pages

Foreign Exchange

entry |1 pages

Forklift Upgrade

entry |1 pages

Formal Call Center

entry |1 pages

Four-Wire Circuits

entry |1 pages

Free List

entry |1 pages

Freephone

entry |1 pages

Frequency

entry |2 pages

Front-End

entry |1 pages

FTE

entry |1 pages

Full Time Equivalent

entry |1 pages

Functional Split

entry |1 pages

Functionality

entry |1 pages

Fuzzy Logic

entry |1 pages

FX

letter |4 pages

G

entry |1 pages

G-Style Handset

entry |1 pages

GAB Line

entry |1 pages

Galaxy

entry |1 pages

Gantt Chart

entry |2 pages

Gate

entry |1 pages

Gate Assignments

entry |1 pages

Gateway

entry |1 pages

GBH

entry |1 pages

Geographically-Variable Operating Costs

entry |1 pages

GOE

entry |1 pages

GOS

entry |1 pages

Grade of Service

entry |2 pages

Greeting Only Mailboxes

entry |1 pages

Group

entry |1 pages

Group 1, 2, 3, 3 BIS & 4

entry |1 pages

Group Access Bridging (GAB)

entry |1 pages

Group Busy Hour

entry |1 pages

Group Hunting

entry |1 pages

Group Scheduling Software

entry |2 pages

GTN

entry |1 pages

GUI

entry |1 pages

Guide

letter |8 pages

H

entry |1 pages

H.320

entry |1 pages

H.323

entry |1 pages

Hacker

entry |1 pages

Handled Call

entry |1 pages

Handoff

entry |1 pages

Handshaking Tones

entry |2 pages

Hard Dollar Savings

entry |1 pages

HCS

entry |1 pages

Headband-Style Headset

entry |1 pages

Headset

entry |1 pages

Headset Jack

entry |3 pages

Help Desk

entry |1 pages

Hidden Markov Method

entry |1 pages

Historical Data

entry |1 pages

Historical Reports

entry |1 pages

Hit Rate

entry |1 pages

Hold

entry |1 pages

Hold Recall

entry |1 pages

Holding Tank

entry |2 pages

Holding Time

entry |1 pages

Hold Time Before Disconnect

entry |1 pages

Holiday Factor

entry |1 pages

Hookswitch

entry |2 pages

Home Agent

entry |1 pages

Host

entry |1 pages

Hot Cut

entry |1 pages

Hot Site

entry |1 pages

Hot-Swappable

entry |1 pages

Hotline

entry |2 pages

House List

entry |1 pages

Hundred Call Seconds

entry |1 pages

Hunt

entry |1 pages

Hunt Group

entry |1 pages

Hybrid Telephone System

entry |1 pages

Hypertext

letter |10 pages

I

entry |1 pages

ICP

entry |1 pages

Idle

entry |1 pages

In-Band Signalling

entry |1 pages

Inbound

entry |1 pages

Inbound Campaign

entry |1 pages

Inbound Routing

entry |2 pages

Inbound Wats

entry |1 pages

Incumbent Carrier

entry |1 pages

Inference Engine

entry |1 pages

Information Appliance

entry |1 pages

Infomercial

entry |1 pages

Informal Call Center

entry |1 pages

Information Provider

entry |1 pages

Inquiry

entry |1 pages

Instrument

entry |1 pages

Instrument Sign-On

entry |1 pages

Integration

entry |1 pages

Integrated ACD/PBX

entry |1 pages

Integrated Services Digital Network

entry |1 pages

Intelligent Overflow

entry |2 pages

Inter-Application Automation

entry |2 pages

Interactive Voice Response

entry |1 pages

Interbreak Interval

entry |2 pages

Intercept Recording

entry |1 pages

Intercom

entry |1 pages

Interexchange Carrier (IXC)

entry |1 pages

Interflow

entry |1 pages

Interlata Call

entry |1 pages

Intermittent Problems

entry |1 pages

Internal Help Desk

entry |1 pages

Internet Phone

entry |3 pages

Internet Telephony

entry |1 pages

Internetwork

entry |1 pages

Intraday Distribution

entry |1 pages

Intraflow

entry |1 pages

Intranet

entry |1 pages

In-Wats

entry |1 pages

IP

entry |2 pages

ISDN

entry |1 pages

ISG

entry |1 pages

ISP

entry |1 pages

IT

entry |1 pages

ITU-T

entry |1 pages

IVR

entry |1 pages

IXC

letter |1 pages

J

entry |1 pages

Junk Fax

letter |3 pages

K

entry |1 pages

K

entry |1 pages

K-Style Handset

entry |1 pages

Key

entry |1 pages

Key Performance Indicator

entry |1 pages

Key Service Unit

entry |2 pages

Key System

entry |1 pages

Keypad

entry |1 pages

Kill Message

entry |1 pages

Killer App

entry |1 pages

Knowledge Base

entry |1 pages

Knowledge Worker

entry |1 pages

KPI

entry |1 pages

KSU

letter |7 pages

L

entry |1 pages

LAI

entry |1 pages

LAN

entry |1 pages

Last in First Out

entry |1 pages

LATA

entry |1 pages

LCD

entry |1 pages

LDT

entry |1 pages

Lead Agent

entry |1 pages

LEAH

entry |1 pages

Least-Cost Routing (LCR)

entry |1 pages

LEC

entry |1 pages

LED

entry |1 pages

Legacy System

entry |1 pages

Legal Holiday

entry |1 pages

Liberation

entry |1 pages

Life Cycle

entry |1 pages

LIFO

entry |1 pages

Light Emitting Diode

entry |2 pages

Likert Scale

entry |1 pages

Line

entry |1 pages

Line-Powered

entry |1 pages

Linesharing

entry |1 pages

Liquid Crystal Display

entry |1 pages

List Appending

entry |1 pages

List Broker

entry |1 pages

List Buyer

entry |2 pages

List Card

entry |1 pages

List Enhancement

entry |1 pages

List Look-up

entry |1 pages

List Manager

entry |1 pages

List Penetration Rate

entry |1 pages

List Rental

entry |1 pages

List Selection

entry |1 pages

List Sequence

entry |1 pages

List Sort

entry |1 pages

List Source

entry |1 pages

Load Balancing

entry |1 pages

Local Access TRANSPORTATION Area

entry |1 pages

Local Area Network

entry |1 pages

Local Call

entry |1 pages

Locator

entry |1 pages

Log-on Identification

entry |1 pages

Logging Period

entry |1 pages

Long Distance

entry |2 pages

Longest Available

entry |1 pages

Longest Call Waiting

entry |1 pages

Longest Delay Time

entry |1 pages

Look Ahead Interflow

entry |1 pages

Look-up Services

entry |1 pages

Loopback Test

entry |2 pages

Loop Start

entry |1 pages

Lost Call Attempt

entry |1 pages

Lost Calls Cleared

entry |1 pages

Lost Calls Held

entry |1 pages

Low Battery Cutoff

entry |1 pages

Lucent

letter |8 pages

M

entry |1 pages

M

entry |1 pages

Main Distribution Frame

entry |1 pages

Mainframe Server

entry |1 pages

Make-Busy

entry |1 pages

Manual Gain Control

entry |1 pages

Manual Lookup

entry |1 pages

Marginal Name

entry |2 pages

Mark

entry |1 pages

Master File

entry |1 pages

Match Code

entry |1 pages

Matches

entry |1 pages

Maximum Queue Length

entry |1 pages

MDU

entry |1 pages

Mean Time Between Failure

entry |1 pages

Mean Time to Abandon

entry |1 pages

Meaningless Data

entry |1 pages

Media Blending

entry |2 pages

Media Consolidation

entry |1 pages

Megacenter

entry |1 pages

Memo

entry |1 pages

Merge

entry |1 pages

Merge and Purge

entry |1 pages

Merlang

entry |1 pages

Message Display Unit MDU.

entry |2 pages

Message-on-Hold

entry |1 pages

Methodology

entry |1 pages

Metrics

entry |1 pages

Middleware

entry |1 pages

Migration path

entry |1 pages

MIS Reports

entry |1 pages

Modular Jack

entry |1 pages

Monaural

entry |2 pages

Monetary Value

entry |1 pages

Monitor

entry |1 pages

Monthly Factors

entry |1 pages

MPEG

entry |1 pages

MQL

entry |1 pages

MTA

entry |1 pages

MTBF

entry |1 pages

Multilingual Agents

entry |1 pages

Multimedia

entry |1 pages

Multiple Outbound Calling Campaigns

entry |1 pages

Multi-Stage Queuing

entry |2 pages

Music-on-Hold

entry |1 pages

Mute

entry |1 pages

MVIP

letter |7 pages

N

entry |1 pages

Name-Removal Service

entry |1 pages

NANP

entry |1 pages

NAP

entry |1 pages

NAPI

entry |1 pages

Narrowband ISDN

entry |1 pages

Narrowband Signal

entry |1 pages

NASC

entry |1 pages

National Carrier

entry |1 pages

National Change of Address Service

entry |2 pages

National Databases

entry |1 pages

Native Signal Processing

entry |1 pages

NC

entry |1 pages

NCA

entry |1 pages

NCC

entry |1 pages

NCH

entry |1 pages

NCOA (National Change of Address) Service

entry |1 pages

NCR

entry |1 pages

Net Staffing

entry |1 pages

Net Staffing Matrix

entry |1 pages

Network

entry |1 pages

Network ACD

entry |1 pages

Network Interqueue

entry |1 pages

Neural Network

entry |1 pages

NHLD

entry |1 pages

Night Service

entry |1 pages

NNX

entry |1 pages

NOC

entry |2 pages

Noise Cancelling

entry |1 pages

Non-Apparent Sources

entry |1 pages

Non-Published

entry |1 pages

Normalize

entry |2 pages

North American Numbering Plan

entry |1 pages

Norstar

entry |1 pages

North American Area Codes

entry |1 pages

North American Numbering Plan

entry |2 pages

NPA

entry |1 pages

NTH Name Selection

entry |1 pages

Number Administration and Service Center

entry |1 pages

Nuisance Calls

entry |1 pages

Number of Call Abandoned

entry |1 pages

Number of Calls Handled

entry |1 pages

Number of Calls Held

entry |1 pages

Number of Out Calls

entry |1 pages

Number-Finder

entry |1 pages

Numeric Key Pad

entry |1 pages

NXX

letter |7 pages

O

entry |2 pages

OAI

entry |1 pages

Object-Oriented Programming

entry |1 pages

Objections

entry |1 pages

OCC

entry |1 pages

Occupancy

entry |1 pages

OCDD

entry |1 pages

Octothorpe

entry |1 pages

ODBC

entry |2 pages

Off-Hook

entry |1 pages

Off-Network

entry |1 pages

Off-Peak

entry |1 pages

Off-Premise Extension

entry |1 pages

Off-the-Shelf

entry |1 pages

Offer Script

entry |1 pages

Offered Call

entry |1 pages

Offered-to-Switch

entry |1 pages

Offering Switch

entry |1 pages

On-Hook Dialing

entry |1 pages

On-Line

entry |1 pages

One Way Trade

entry |1 pages

Open Application Interface

entry |1 pages

Open Architecture

entry |1 pages

Open Collaboration Environment

entry |1 pages

Open Network Architecture

entry |1 pages

ONA

entry |1 pages

Operating Time

entry |1 pages

Operator

entry |1 pages

Operator Services

entry |1 pages

Operator Workstation

entry |1 pages

Other Common Carrier

entry |1 pages

Out of Band Signalling

entry |1 pages

Outbound

entry |1 pages

Outdialing

entry |1 pages

Outdial Facility

entry |1 pages

Outgoing Trunk

entry |1 pages

Outgoing Wats

entry |1 pages

Outsourcing

entry |1 pages

Overflow

entry |1 pages

Overflow Callers

entry |1 pages

Overflow Capability

entry |1 pages

Overflow Group

entry |1 pages

Overflow Load

entry |1 pages

Overflow Tie-Line Enhancement

entry |1 pages

Overflow Traffic

entry |1 pages

Overlay

entry |1 pages

Overload Control

entry |1 pages

Overload Management

entry |1 pages

Overload Protection

entry |1 pages

OWS

letter |18 pages

P

entry |1 pages

PABX

entry |1 pages

Pacing Algorithm

entry |1 pages

Paid Hours

entry |1 pages

PAPM

entry |1 pages

Passive Bus ISDN

entry |1 pages

Passive Program

entry |2 pages

Pay-Per-Call

entry |3 pages

PBX

entry |1 pages

PBX Extension

entry |1 pages

PBX Fraud

entry |1 pages

PBX Integration

entry |2 pages

PBX Profiles

entry |1 pages

PC-Centric

entry |1 pages

PCM

entry |1 pages

Peak Hour

entry |1 pages

Peak Load

entry |1 pages

Peak Periods

entry |1 pages

Peak Position Requirements

entry |2 pages

Peer-to-Peer Network

entry |1 pages

Peg Count

entry |1 pages

Penetration

entry |1 pages

Percentage ATB

entry |1 pages

Percentage CA

entry |1 pages

Percentage HLD

entry |1 pages

Percentage NCO

entry |1 pages

Percentage TUT

entry |2 pages

Peripheral Equipment

entry |1 pages

Permanent Shift Type

entry |1 pages

Personal 800 Number

entry |1 pages

Personal Information Manager PIM.

entry |1 pages

Personal IVR

entry |1 pages

Phone Appending

entry |2 pages

Phone Phreak

entry |1 pages

Phoneme-Based

entry |1 pages

Pilot Program

entry |1 pages

Pilot Survey

entry |1 pages

PJ-327

entry |2 pages

Plant Test Numbers

entry |1 pages

Plenum

entry |1 pages

Point of Presence (POP)

entry |1 pages

Point of Purchase (POP)

entry |1 pages

Point of Sale (POS)

entry |1 pages

Point of Sale Terminal

entry |1 pages

Point of Termination (POT)

entry |2 pages

Poisson Distribution

entry |1 pages

Poisson Process

entry |1 pages

POP

entry |1 pages

Port Shelf

entry |1 pages

POS

entry |1 pages

Position

entry |1 pages

Potential Revenue

entry |1 pages

POTS

entry |3 pages

Power Conditioning

entry |1 pages

Power Dialer

entry |1 pages

Power Pole

entry |1 pages

Pre-Qualification

entry |1 pages

Predictive Dialer

entry |2 pages

Predictive Dialing

entry |1 pages

Preview Dialing

entry |1 pages

Primary Agent Group

entry |1 pages

Primary Average Positions Manned

entry |1 pages

Primary RATE Interface (PRI)

entry |1 pages

Private Automatic Branch Exchange

entry |1 pages

Private Branch Exchange PBX.

entry |1 pages

Probability Code

entry |1 pages

Problem Resolution Engine

entry |2 pages

Productivity

entry |1 pages

Progressive Dialing

entry |2 pages

Proprietary

entry |1 pages

Proprietary Telephone Sets

entry |1 pages

Prosody

entry |1 pages

Prospect

entry |1 pages

Protocol

entry |2 pages

Pseudoternary

entry |1 pages

Psychographics

entry |1 pages

Public Switched Telephone Network

entry |1 pages

Public Utilities Commission

entry |1 pages

PUC

entry |1 pages

Pulse Code Modulation

entry |1 pages

Purge

letter |3 pages

Q

entry |1 pages

Qualify

entry |1 pages

Qualitative Data

entry |1 pages

Quality of Service

entry |1 pages

Quantitative Data

entry |1 pages

Queue

entry |1 pages

Queue Management

entry |1 pages

Queue Service Interval

entry |1 pages

Queued Mode

entry |1 pages

Queuing

entry |2 pages

Queuing Theory

entry |1 pages

Quick Disconnect

letter |10 pages

R

entry |1 pages

Raid

entry |1 pages

Raised Floor

entry |1 pages

RAN

entry |1 pages

Rate Chip

entry |1 pages

RBOC

entry |2 pages

Re-Engineering

entry |1 pages

Readerboard

entry |2 pages

Real-Time Adherence

entry |1 pages

Real-Time Data

entry |1 pages

Real-Time Status Display

entry |1 pages

Rebiller

entry |1 pages

Recency

entry |2 pages

Record

entry |1 pages

Record Locking

entry |1 pages

Record on Demand

entry |1 pages

Recorder

entry |1 pages

Recorder Warning Tone

entry |1 pages

Recycle

entry |1 pages

Redundancy

entry |1 pages

Refresh Rate

entry |1 pages

Regional Bell Holding Company

entry |1 pages

Regional Bell Operating COMPANY

entry |1 pages

Regression Analysis

entry |1 pages

Relationship Routing

entry |1 pages

Release

entry |2 pages

Remote Access

entry |1 pages

Remote Agent

entry |1 pages

Remote Maintenance System

entry |1 pages

Request for Information

entry |1 pages

Request for Quotation

entry |1 pages

Reseller

entry |1 pages

Response 1.

entry |1 pages

Response Analysis

entry |1 pages

Resporg

entry |1 pages

Rest Time

entry |1 pages

Restriction

entry |1 pages

Retrial

entry |1 pages

Reverse Matching

entry |1 pages

RFI

entry |1 pages

RFP

entry |1 pages

RFQ

entry |1 pages

Riser

entry |1 pages

RJ-11

entry |1 pages

RNA

entry |2 pages

Robbed Bit Signaling

entry |1 pages

Rotary Dial

entry |1 pages

Round Robin

entry |1 pages

Route

entry |1 pages

Route Advance

entry |1 pages

Route Optimization

entry |2 pages

Routing Table

entry |1 pages

RS-232 Interface

entry |1 pages

RSL

letter |18 pages

S

entry |1 pages

S.200 (ECTF)

entry |1 pages

S.300 (ECTF)

entry |1 pages

S.900 (ECTF)

entry |1 pages

Sales Automation

entry |1 pages

Sales Automation Software

entry |1 pages

Sales Force Automation

entry |1 pages

SAPM

entry |1 pages

SAS

entry |1 pages

Salting

entry |1 pages

Satellite Operation

entry |1 pages

SCAI

entry |1 pages

SCC

entry |1 pages

Schedule

entry |1 pages

Schedule Exception

entry |2 pages

Schedule Inflexibility

entry |1 pages

Schedule Preference

entry |1 pages

Schedule Test

entry |1 pages

Schedule Trade

entry |1 pages

Scheduling

entry |1 pages

Scheduling Software

entry |1 pages

SCP

entry |1 pages

Screen Monitoring

entry |1 pages

Screen Pop

entry |1 pages

Screen Scrape

entry |1 pages

Screen Synch

entry |1 pages

SCSA

entry |1 pages

SCSA Call Router

entry |1 pages

SCSA Compatible

entry |1 pages

SDMA

entry |1 pages

Secondary Agent Group

entry |1 pages

Secondary Average Positions Manned

entry |1 pages

Secondary Equipment

entry |1 pages

Secondary Market

entry |1 pages

Secondary Number of Calls Handled

entry |1 pages

Seeded List

entry |1 pages

Segment

entry |1 pages

Seized

entry |1 pages

Selects

entry |1 pages

Selection Charge

entry |1 pages

Self-Support

entry |1 pages

Seniority

entry |1 pages

Sequence

entry |1 pages

Server

entry |1 pages

Server-Based ACD

entry |1 pages

Service Bureau

entry |1 pages

Service Level

entry |1 pages

Service Level Agreement

entry |2 pages

Service Objectives

entry |1 pages

Service Observation

entry |1 pages

Service Quality

entry |1 pages

Services Management System

entry |1 pages

Seven by Twenty-Four

entry |1 pages

SFA

entry |1 pages

Shift Definitions

entry |1 pages

Shrinkage Percentages

entry |1 pages

Shrink-Wrapped Call Center

entry |1 pages

Sign On/Sign Off

entry |1 pages

Signaling System 7

entry |1 pages

Significant Hour

entry |1 pages

Silent Monitoring

entry |1 pages

Single Day Assignment

entry |2 pages

SiteRP

entry |1 pages

Site-Selection Criteria

entry |1 pages

Six Digit Translation

entry |1 pages

Skill Group

entry |1 pages

Skill Mapping

entry |1 pages

Skills-Based Routing

entry |1 pages

Skip Tracing

entry |1 pages

Smart Hunt Groups

entry |1 pages

SMDA

entry |1 pages

SMDR

entry |1 pages

SMDR Port

entry |1 pages

Smile and Dial

entry |1 pages

SMS/800

entry |1 pages

SNCH

entry |1 pages

SO

entry |1 pages

Soft Dollar Savings

entry |1 pages

Soft Key

entry |1 pages

Solid State Transfer

entry |1 pages

SONET

entry |1 pages

Source/Destination Routing

entry |1 pages

Source Code

entry |1 pages

Sort Scheme

entry |2 pages

Span

entry |1 pages

Span Line

entry |1 pages

Speaker Dependent

entry |1 pages

Speaker Independent

entry |1 pages

Speaker Recognition

entry |1 pages

Spectrum

entry |1 pages

Speech Concatenation

entry |2 pages

Speech Recognition

entry |1 pages

Speed Bumps

entry |1 pages

Spiff

entry |1 pages

Spike

entry |1 pages

Split

entry |1 pages

Split Test

entry |1 pages

Spray and Pray

entry |1 pages

SQL

entry |1 pages

SS7

entry |1 pages

SSP

entry |1 pages

Staffing Requirements Forecast

entry |1 pages

Stage & Test

entry |1 pages

Stand Alone

entry |1 pages

Standards

entry |1 pages

Starset

entry |1 pages

Start Time Interval

entry |2 pages

Station

entry |1 pages

Station Message Detail Recording (SMDR)

entry |1 pages

Station Message Registers

entry |1 pages

Station Set

entry |1 pages

Statistical History

entry |1 pages

Statistics

entry |1 pages

Statistics Port

entry |1 pages

Status Display

entry |1 pages

Status Monitoring

entry |1 pages

Stovepiping

entry |1 pages

STP

entry |1 pages

Structured Query Language

entry |1 pages

Structured Wiring

entry |1 pages

Subtargeting

entry |1 pages

Supervised Transfer

entry |1 pages

Supervisor

entry |1 pages

Support Desk

entry |1 pages

Suppression File

entry |2 pages

Surge Protector

entry |1 pages

Suspect

entry |1 pages

SVL

entry |1 pages

Switched Access

entry |1 pages

Switching Systems

entry |1 pages

Switchless Resellers

entry |1 pages

Synthesized Speech

entry |1 pages

Systems Integrator

letter |20 pages

T

entry |1 pages

T.120

entry |1 pages

T-1

entry |2 pages

T-1 Framing

entry |1 pages

T-2

entry |1 pages

T-3

entry |1 pages

T-4

entry |1 pages

Tables

entry |1 pages

Talk Time

entry |1 pages

Talk-Off

entry |1 pages

TAPI

entry |1 pages

Targeted Subsets

entry |1 pages

Tariff

entry |1 pages

Tariff 12

entry |1 pages

Tariff 15

entry |1 pages

TCAP

entry |2 pages

TCP/IP

entry |1 pages

TDD

entry |1 pages

Technical Support

entry |1 pages

Techno-Geek

entry |1 pages

Telco

entry |1 pages

Telecommunications Device for the Deaf

entry |1 pages

Telecommunications Infrastructure

entry |1 pages

Telecommuting

entry |2 pages

Telecompetitiveness

entry |1 pages

Telemanagement

entry |1 pages

Telemarketing

entry |1 pages

Telephone

entry |1 pages

Telephone Consumer Protection Act

entry |2 pages

Telephone Management System

entry |1 pages

Telephone Number Appending

entry |1 pages

Telephone Preference Service

entry |1 pages

Telephone Service Representative TSR.

entry |1 pages

Telephone Set Emulation

entry |1 pages

Telephone Use Restriction

entry |1 pages

Telephone-Based Speech Recognition

entry |2 pages

Telephony

entry |1 pages

Telephony Server

entry |1 pages

Telephony Server

entry |3 pages

Telephony Services

entry |1 pages

Telescripts

entry |1 pages

Teletraffic Optimizer Program

entry |1 pages

Teleworker

entry |2 pages

Temporary Signaling Connections

entry |1 pages

Text-Based Retrieval

entry |1 pages

Text-to-Speech

entry |1 pages

Thin Client

entry |1 pages

Third Party Call Control

entry |1 pages

Threshold

entry |2 pages

Throughput

entry |1 pages

Time Zone Report

entry |1 pages

Time Zone Sequencing

entry |1 pages

Time-of-Day Routing

entry |1 pages

Timeclock

entry |1 pages

Timed Reminders

entry |1 pages

Token Ring

entry |1 pages

Toll Fraud

entry |4 pages

Toll Free Service

entry |1 pages

Toll Restriction

entry |1 pages

Tone Dialing

entry |1 pages

Toner Phoner

entry |1 pages

Top Down

entry |1 pages

Topology

entry |1 pages

Total Transaction Call Processing

entry |1 pages

Touchtone

entry |1 pages

TPS

entry |1 pages

Trace Agent

entry |1 pages

Tracking

entry |1 pages

Traffic

entry |1 pages

Traffic Capacity

entry |1 pages

Traffic Carried

entry |1 pages

Traffic Concentration

entry |1 pages

Traffic Data to Customer

entry |2 pages

Traffic Engineering

entry |1 pages

Traffic Intensity

entry |1 pages

Traffic Load

entry |1 pages

Traffic Measurement

entry |1 pages

Traffic Monitor

entry |1 pages

Traffic Offered and Carried

entry |1 pages

Traffic Overflow

entry |1 pages

Traffic Path

entry |1 pages

Traffic Recorder

entry |1 pages

Traffic Table

entry |1 pages

Traffic Usage Recorder

entry |1 pages

Training (Voice Recognition)

entry |1 pages

Translations

entry |1 pages

Translator

entry |1 pages

Transmission Gain

entry |1 pages

Transparent

entry |1 pages

Trunk

entry |1 pages

Trunk Access Number

entry |2 pages

Trunk Group

entry |1 pages

Trunk Group Alternate Route

entry |1 pages

Trunk Holding Time

entry |1 pages

Trunk Hunting

entry |1 pages

Trunk Monitoring

entry |1 pages

Trunk Occupancy

entry |1 pages

Trunk Queuing

entry |1 pages

Trunks in Service

entry |1 pages

TSAPI

entry |1 pages

TSR

entry |2 pages

Turnkey

entry |1 pages

Twisted Pair

entry |1 pages

Two-Prong Jack

entry |1 pages

Two Way Trade

letter |4 pages

U

entry |1 pages

UCD

entry |1 pages

UN

entry |1 pages

UNACD

entry |1 pages

Unattended Call

entry |1 pages

Understaffing Limit

entry |1 pages

Unified Messaging

entry |1 pages

Uniform Call Distribution

entry |1 pages

Uniform Call Distributor

entry |1 pages

Universal Agent

entry |1 pages

Universal Device

entry |1 pages

Universal Ports

entry |2 pages

Unlisted Number

entry |1 pages

UNPBX

entry |1 pages

UNPBX ACD

entry |1 pages

Unsuccessful Call

entry |1 pages

Usage-Based

letter |8 pages

V

entry |1 pages

V-Commerce

entry |1 pages

VAD

entry |1 pages

Vanity Number

entry |1 pages

VAR

entry |1 pages

Variable Call Forwarding

entry |1 pages

VDN

entry |1 pages

Vector

entry |1 pages

Very Low Frequency Magnetic Radiation

entry |1 pages

Video Kiosk

entry |1 pages

Virtual Banding a WATS

entry |1 pages

Virtual Bypass

entry |1 pages

Virtual Call Center

entry |1 pages

Virtual Network

entry |1 pages

Virtual LAN

entry |1 pages

Virtual Private Network VPN.

entry |1 pages

VLF

entry |1 pages

Vocabulary Development

entry |1 pages

Voice Announcement System (VAS)

entry |1 pages

Voice Board

entry |1 pages

Voice Bus

entry |1 pages

Voice Card

entry |3 pages

Voice Mail

entry |1 pages

Voice Mail Jail

entry |2 pages

Voice Mail System

entry |1 pages

Voice Messaging

entry |2 pages

Voice-Over-IP

entry |1 pages

Voice-Over-Net

entry |1 pages

Voice Processing

entry |1 pages

Voice Recognition

entry |1 pages

Voice Response Unit

entry |1 pages

Voice Store and Forward

entry |1 pages

Voice Talent

entry |1 pages

VRU

entry |1 pages

Voice Server

entry |1 pages

VSE

entry |1 pages

VPN

entry |1 pages

VRU

entry |1 pages

VRU Connect Signaling

letter |4 pages

W

entry |1 pages

WAN

entry |1 pages

WATS

entry |1 pages

Weighted Average

entry |1 pages

Weighted Call Value

entry |1 pages

WET T-1

entry |1 pages

Whisper Prompt

entry |1 pages

Whisper Queue

entry |1 pages

Whisper Technology

entry |2 pages

White Noise

entry |1 pages

Wide Area Network

entry |1 pages

Wide Area Telephone Service

entry |1 pages

Wire Center

entry |1 pages

Wire Center Serving Area

entry |1 pages

Wired-For Capacity

entry |1 pages

Wireless Headset

entry |1 pages

Word Spotting

entry |1 pages

Work at Home

entry |1 pages

Workflow

entry |1 pages

Workflow Management

entry |2 pages

Workforce Management

entry |1 pages

Workload

entry |1 pages

Workstation

entry |1 pages

World Numbering Zone

entry |1 pages

Wrap-Up

entry |1 pages

Wrap-Up Data

entry |1 pages

Wrap-Up Time

letter |1 pages

Z

entry |1 pages

Zero Usage Customer

entry |1 pages

Zip Tone