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remote AllCall registration

A feature that enables the UPT user to make a remote Incall registration and a remote OutCall registration to the same terminal address using one single procedure. The effect of a remote AllCall registration is as if remote Incall and remote OutCall registration had been carried out separately. [T1.701-1994]

remote batch entry

Submission of batches of data through an input unit that has access to a computer through a data link.

remote batch processing

Batch processing in which input-output units have access to a computer through a data link.

remote boot

Of a computer, its start or restart from a remote location.
Note: A remote boot may be accomplished by a hardware or software trigger.

remote call forwarding

A service feature that allows calls coming to a remote call-forwarding number to be automatically forwarded to any answering location designated by the call receiver.
Note: Customers may have a remote-forwarding telephone number in a central switching office without having any other local telephone service in that office.

remote clock

1. A clock that is remote from a particular facility, such as a communications station or node, with which it is associated.
2. A clock that is remote from another clock to which it is to be compared.

Remote Configuration and Management System (RCMS)

Server utilized by ITF and DNG to acquire needed configuration parameters, per ATIS-0800009, Remote Configuration of Devices in the Consumer Domain for IPTV Services, and ATIS-0800017, Network Attachment and Initialization of Devices and Client Discovery of IPTV Services.

remote control equipment

Devices used to perform monitoring, controlling, and/or supervisory functions, at a distance.

remote defect indication (RDI)

A signal transmitted at the first opportunity in the outgoing direction when a terminal detects specific defects in the incoming signal. [T1.231-1997]

remote digital terminal (RDT)

1. An intelligent network element that interfaces between customer access lines and digital facilities. [T1.508-1998]
2. The digital loop carrier (DLC) multiplexer that is at the end of the DLC that is closest to the network interface (NI). [T1.216-1998]

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