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Numerics
3DES
Triple Data Encryption Standard
A
ACD
Automatic call distribution
AD
Active Directory
ADSL
Asymmetric digital subscriber line
AHT
Average handle time
ANI
Automatic Number Identification
APG
Agent Peripheral Gateway
AQT
Average queue time
ARM
Agent Reporting and Management
ASA
Average speed of answer
ASR
Automatic speech recognition
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AVVID
Cisco Architecture for Voice, Video, and Integrated Data
AW
Administrative Workstation
AWDB
Administrative Workstation Database
B
BBWC
Battery-backed write cache
BHCA
Busy hour call attempts
BHCC
Busy hour call completions
BHT
Busy hour traffic
BOM
Bill of materials
bps
Bits per second
Bps
Bytes per second
C
CAD
Cisco Agent Desktop
CC
Contact Center
CCE
Contact Center Enterprise
CG
CTI gateway
CIPT OS
Cisco Unified Communications Operating System
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CIR
Cisco Independent Reporting
CMS
Configuration Management Service
ConAPI
Configuration Application Programming Interface
CPE
Customer premises equipment
CPI
Cisco Product Identification tool
CRM
Customer Relationship Management
CRS
Cisco Customer Response Solution
CSD
Cisco Supervisor Desktop
CSS
Cisco Content Services Switch
CSV
Comma-separated values
CTI
Computer telephony integration
CTI OS
CTI Object Server
CVP
Cisco Unified Customer Voice Portal
D
DCA
Dynamic Content Adapter
DCS
Data Collaboration Server
DES
Data Encryption Standard
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DHCP
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
DID
Direct inward dial
DiffServ
Differentiated Services
DMP
Device Management Protocol
DMZ
Demilitarized zone
DN
Directory number
DNP
Dialed Number Plan
DNS
Domain Name System
DSCP
Differentiated Services Code Point
DSL
Digital subscriber line
DSP
Digital signal processor
DTMF
Dual Tone Multi Frequency
E
ECC
Expanded Call Context
H
HAWAN
Highly available WAN
HDS
Historical Data Server
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HSRP
Hot Standby Router Protocol
I
ICCS
Intra-Cluster Communication Signaling
ICM
Cisco Unified Intelligent Contact Management
IDF
Intermediate distribution frame
IDS
Intrusion detection system
IntServ
Integrated services
IP
Internet Protocol
IPCC
Cisco IP Contact Center
IPM
Internetwork Performance Monitor
IPPA
Unified IP Phone Agent
ISN
Internet service node
IVR
Interactive voice response
IXC
Inter-exchange carrier
J
JTAPI
Java Telephony Application Programming Interface
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K
kb
Kilobits
kB
Kilobytes
kbps
Kilobits per second
kBps
Kilobytes per second
L
LAMBDA
Load Adaptive Message-Base Data Archive
LAN
Local area network
LCC
Logical contact center
LDAP
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
LEC
Local exchange carrier
LAA
Longest available agent
LSPAN
Local switched port analyzer
M
MAC
Media access control
Mbps
Megabits per second
MC
Management center
MCS
Media Convergence Server
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MDF
Main distribution frame
MDS
Message delivery Subsystem
MED
Minimum expected delay
MGCP
Media Gateway Control Protocol
MoH
Music on hold
MR
Media routing
MRCP
Media Resource Control Protocol
MTU
Maximum transmission unit
N
NAT
Network Address Translation
NDIS
Network driver interface specification
NIC
Network interface controller
O
OAMP
Operations, Administration, Maintenance, and Provisioning
OPC
Open peripheral controller
OS
Object server
OU
Organizational unit
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PAT
Port address translation
PerfMon
Microsoft Windows Performance Monitor
PG
Peripheral gateway
PHB
Per-hop behavior
PIM
Peripheral interface manager
PLAR
Private line automatic ringdown
PPPoE
Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet
Progger
Peripheral gateway, router, and logger
PSPAN
Port switched port analyzer
PSTN
Public switched telephone network
PVC
Permanent virtual circuit
Q
QoS
Quality of Service
R
RAID
Redundant array of inexpensive disks
RIS
Real-time information server
Rogger
Router and Logger
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ROI
Return on investment
RONA
Reroute On No Answer
RSPAN
Remote switched port analyzer
RSVP
Resource Reservation Protocol
RTD
Real-Time Distributor
RTMT
Real-Time Monitoring Tool
RTP
Real-Time Transport Protocol
S
S1, S2, S3, and S4
Severity levels for service requests
SAA
Service assurance agent
SCCP
Skinny Client Control Protocol
SCI
Service control interface
SCSI
Small computer system Interface
SDL
Signal distribution layer
SE
Systems engineer
SIP
Session Initiation Protocol
SLG
Service level goal
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SNMP
Simple Network Management Protocol
SPAN
Switched port analyzer
SRND
Solution Reference Network Design
SRST
Survivable remote site telephony
SSL
Secure Socket Layer
SUS
Microsoft Software Update Services
T
TAC
Cisco Technical Assistance Center
TAPI
Telephony application programming interface
TCD
Telephony Call Dispatcher
TCP
Transmission Control Protocol
TDM
Time-division multiplexing
TES
Task event services
TFTP
Trivial File Transfer Protocol
TLS
Transport Layer Security
TNT
Takeback N Transfer
TOS
Test other side
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TTS
Text-to-speech
U
UDP
User Datagram Protocol
UI
User interface
URL
Uniform resource locator
V
V3PN
Cisco Voice and Video Enabled Virtual Private Network
VLAN
Virtual local area network
VMS
CiscoWorks VPN/Security Management Solution
VoIP
Voice over IP
VPN
Virtual private network
VPNSM
Virtual Private Network Services Module
VRU
Voice response unit
VSPAN
Virtual LAN switched port analyzer
VXML
Voice XML (Extensible Markup Language)
W
WAN
Wide area network
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WUS
Microsoft Windows Update Services
X
XML
Extensible markup language
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