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handset
The handheld part of the telephone that you pick up, talk into, and listen from. This is sometimes called the
"receiver".
party
A person who places or receives a call.
personal list
One of the four types of Abbreviated Dialing lists; programmable by the system manager or by you, the
user. Contains phone numbers of your choice, and stores each of them as a single-digit list item.
personal list item
One of the 10 available slots on an Abbreviated Dialing personal list. The first nine personal list items are
given digits 1 to 9, with 0 for the tenth item.
phone features
Those telephone features that you can use immediately regardless of the communications system to which
your telephone is connected.
pickup group
A group of telephone users who can answer calls for each other through the Call Pickup feature. Group
members are determined by the system manager and are usually located in the same work area or perform
similar job functions.
priority call
An important or urgent call that sends a special 3-burst ring.
program/reprogram
To use your dial pad to assign a phone number to a personal list item for Abbreviated Dialing.
retrieve
To collect telephone messages with the Message or Voice Message Retrieval features. (Also, with Call
Park, to resume a call from an extension other than the one where the call was first placed or received.)
ringer
The device that produces the electronic ringing sound in your telephone.
stored number
A phone number that has been programmed and stored as a 1-, 2-, or 3-digit list item for use with
Abbreviated Dialing. It can be a complete or partial phone number, an extension number, or a trunk or
feature code. Once programmed, a number can be accessed by first dialing the list, then the list item
digit(s) under which it is stored.
switch
The device that makes connections for all voice and data calls for a network, and also contains software for
features. Also known as a system, switching system, or ECS (Enterprise Communications Server). (Your
switch is a Lucent Technologies System 75.)
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