Telecom Glossary P4
PMS
Property Management System - A software program and
computer that controls all guest billing and guest
services functions in a hotel. In short, the guts
of a hotel's computer system. Some telephone systems
have a PMS interface which allows various degrees of
integration between the telephone system and the
hotel's computer systems. For example, voicemail
could be administered throught the Hotel's Property
Management System.
Point Of Presence - POP
The physical access location interface between a local
exchange carrier and an Interexchange Carrier fiber
network. The point to which the telephone company terminates
a subscriber's circuit for long distance service or
leased line communications.
Point-To-Point
Non-switched, dedicated communication circuit.
Polling
1. Network control in which the control
station invites tributary stations to transmit in the
sequence specified by the control station. 2. In
point-to-point or multipoint communication, the
process whereby stations are invited one at a
time to transmit. 3. Sequential interrogation of
devices for various purposes, such as avoiding
contention, determining operational status, or
determining readiness to send or receive data.
Long Distance Glossary
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