- Industry: Telecommunications
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The procedure of transferring signaling traffic from one signaling link to one or more different signaling links, when the link in use fails or is required to be cleared of traffic.
Industry:Telecommunications
The procedure of transferring signaling traffic from alternative signaling link (s) to the signaling link which has become available as a result of having been restored, uninhibited, or unblocked. This procedure performs actions opposite to changeover.
Industry:Telecommunications
The procedure for identifying and authenticating a remote information-systems (IS) terminal, whereby the host system disconnects the terminal and reestablishes contact. Synonym dial back.
Industry:Telecommunications
The procedure by which distant equipment is reprogrammed or rekeyed electronically without specific actions by the receiving terminal.
Industry:Telecommunications
The procedure by which characters entered into a system are not physically revealed. Note: Often employed when passwords are entered so that they are not disclosed to casual observers.
Industry:Telecommunications
The procedure by which a signaling link is taken out of service.
Industry:Telecommunications
The probability that information transmitted from a communications station will arrive at the intended destination in a timely manner without loss of content.
Industry:Telecommunications
The probability that an outage will occur within a specified time period.
Industry:Telecommunications
The probability that a system, including all hardware, firmware, and software, will satisfactorily perform the task for which it was designed or intended, for a specified time and in a specified environment.
Industry:Telecommunications
The probability of obtaining a specified (or higher) grade of service during a given period of time.
Industry:Telecommunications
