- Industry: Telecommunications
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ATIS is the leading technical planning and standards development organization committed to the rapid development of global, market-driven standards for the information, entertainment and communications industry.
A set of computer instructions (or pieces of code) that run within a program (or are called within a program) to carry out a predefined function or computation. Note: "Open" subroutines are integrated into the main program. "Closed" subroutines are arranged so that program control is shifted to them for execution of their task (s) and then returned to the main program.
Industry:Telecommunications
A set of conventions and concepts, mutually agreed upon between the information system user and provider communities.
Industry:Telecommunications
A set of data related to a given subject and organized in such a way that it can be consulted by users. 2. A data repository accessible by local and remote users. Note: A data bank may contain information on single or multiple subjects, may be organized in any rational manner, may contain more than one database, and may be geographically distributed. More than one data bank may be required to build a comprehensive database.
Industry:Telecommunications
A set of data that is required for a specific purpose or is fundamental to a system, project, enterprise, or business. Note: A database may consist of one or more data banks and be geographically distributed among several repositories. 2. A formally structured collection of data. Note: In automated information systems, the database is manipulated using a database management system.
Industry:Telecommunications
A set of data treated as a unit. 2. To write data on a medium, such as magnetic tape, magnetic disk, or optical disk. 3. In PCS (personal communications services,) a string of bytes within an extended frame (EF) handled as a single entity.
Industry:Telecommunications
A set of digits and related indicators (type of number, numbering plan identification, screening indicator, presentation indicator) that provide numbering information related to the redirecting party.
Industry:Telecommunications
A set of digits and related indicators (type of number, numbering, plan identification, screening indicator, presentation indicator) that provide numbering information related to the calling party.
Industry:Telecommunications
A set of elements onto which another set of elements has been mapped according to a code. Note: Examples of coded sets include the list of names of airports that is mapped onto a set of corresponding three-letter representations of airport names, the list of classes of emission that is mapped onto a set of corresponding standard symbols, and the names of the months of the year mapped onto a set of two-digit decimal numbers.
Industry:Telecommunications
A set of external entities to the application platform with which information is exchanged. External entities include people, exchangeable media that is not mounted in the platform, communication wiring, and all other platforms.
Industry:Telecommunications
A set of functions that enables the monitoring or interrogation (or both) of the telecommunications network concerning alarm-related events or conditions.
Industry:Telecommunications
