- tail drop
Discarding packets because a queue overflows.
- TCP connect
A message sent to set up a connection between a Cisco IP phone and a backup CallManager server.
- time-division multiplexing (TDM)
A process of sending multiple conversations on a single connection by giving different time slices to different conversations.
- tip and ring
A pair of wires leaving your phone, going into your RJ-11 wall jack, and traveling back to the telephone switch at your local central office.
- toll bypass
The process of sending voice calls across an IP WAN, as opposed to sending calls over a long-distance network.
- traffic engineering
The process of calculating the required amount of bandwidth (or number of trunks in a PBX environment) to accommodate a specific call volume.
- trunk
A connection used to tie PBXs together. A trunk also defines an interswitch connection used to carry traffic from multiple VLANs.
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