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Glossary

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Administration Center	A part of the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Express system. Allows system administrators to perform configuration and maintenance functions on the web.
archiving data	The process of storing database backup files to a remote system over the network, together with other critical external files. You can use the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Express Administration Center to configure the system to automatically archive data.
attendant	A user class. A user who has permanent delegate permissions for all end users in their organization. Also has the ability to join a meeting even if the maximum number of ports allowed for that meeting has been met (as long as floater ports are available).
audience	A web meeting room permission type.

B
backing up data	The process of saving database files somewhere else so that they are available in case of a system failure.You can use the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Express Administration Center to configure the system to automatically back up data.

C
Cisco Conference Connection	A meet-me audio conference server that provides integrated operation with Cisco Unified CallManager.
Cisco IP Communicator	A software-based application that delivers enhanced telephony support through personal computers.
Cisco Media Convergence Server	A Cisco server platform for Cisco Unified IP Communications solutions. Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Express works with the 7825, 7835, and 7845 models.
Cisco TAC	The Cisco Technical Assistance Center. Provides around-the-clock, award-winning technical support services for Cisco products and technologies.
Cisco Unified CallManager	The software-based call-processing component of the Cisco enterprise IP telephony solution.
Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Express	A single-box software application that provides audio conferencing, web-based scheduling, e-mail notifications, web-based administration, and ad hoc conferencing. All configuration and control is performed on the web. Supports up to 200 sessions in an IP-only system, using H.323 and SIP.
Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Express VT	The ad hoc voice, video, and web offering that is new in Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Express Release 1.2.
CLI	An interface that allows system administrators to interact with the operating system by entering commands and optional values.
Command-Line Interface	See CLI.
community string	Defines the relationship between the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Express system and its components. This string acts like a password to control the components access to the system. Access privileges for the community string provide security by restricting the ability to alter the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Express system.
console	Monitor and keyboard that are directly attached to the Cisco MCS server where your Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Express system resides.
continuous meeting	A type of meeting that is always in session and available to attendees. Resources are reserved 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

D
delegate	A user class. A user who can manage the scheduled meetings for a specific set of end users. End users have either one or no delegates. Delegates can schedule a meeting in someone else's name, can reschedule (or delete) an existing meeting owned by someone else, and can view an existing meeting owned by someone else, even those marked private.
DHCP	A standards-based protocol for dynamically allocating and managing IP addresses. DHCP runs between individual computers and a DHCP server to allocate and assign IP addresses to the computers and to limit the time for which the computer can use the address. When the time expires on the use of the IP address, the computer must contact the DHCP server again to obtain an address.
DNS	System used on the Internet for translating recognizable names of network nodes into IP addresses.
domain name	The style of identifier—a sequence of case-insensitive ASCII labels separated by dots ("bbn.com.")—defined for subtrees in the Internet DNS and used in other Internet identifiers, such as hostnames, mailbox names, and URLs.
Domain Name System	See DNS.
DTMF	Tones generated when a button is pressed on a telephone. Primarily used in the United States and Canada.
Dual Tone Multifrequency	See DTMF.
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol	See DHCP.

E
e-mail blast	An e-mail message sent to many people at once.
e-mail notification	The e-mail message that the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Express system sends to meeting invitees and organizers with details about an upcoming meeting. Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Express generates an e-mail notification after a meeting is scheduled. Also called a meeting notification.
End-User Interface	The web pages that allow end users to perform many functions, such as scheduling and finding meetings, editing preferences, and listening to meeting recordings.
end users	A user class. Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Express users who schedule meetings using the End-User Interface and attend meetings using the TUI.
entry and exit announcements	The name or sound that announces the arrival or departure of a meeting participant. Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Express end users can choose various entry and departure announcements for their meetings.
error threshold	Used when importing data into the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Express system. The number of errors that can occur when importing data before the system aborts the import.

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guest user	The default user class. An unauthenticated end user.

H
H.323	A standard that specifies the components, protocols, and procedures that provide multimedia communication services—real-time audio, video, and data communications—over packet networks, including Internet Protocol (IP)-based networks. H.323 is part of a family called H.32x that provides multimedia communication services over a variety of networks.
hot fix	An immediate solution that is provided to customers who can not wait for the next formal release. See also patch and upgrade.

I
inactive profile	An end user's profile can become inactive after too many failed login attempts or can be manually set to inactive by a system administrator. Inactive end users cannot log in to the system.
internationalization	Preparing the software to be localized.

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LDAP	An Internet protocol that e-mail programs use to look up contact information from a server.
license	Software that allows users to access a particular feature or function.
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol	See LDAP.
lite meeting room	The web conferencing meeting room experience for those end users who do not have web conferencing licenses.
locale	A version for a specific language and region. For example, US English is English for the United States and UK English is English for the UK. Although both use the English language, they are different locales.
localization	Creating a version of the software with country and language specifics (such as a different calendar format and different voice languages).
logging	The process of saving information about application activities.

M
Management Information Base	See MIB.
meeting owner	See owner.
MIB	Used by SNMP, a MIB is a collection of managed objects residing in a virtual information store. These managed objects might be hardware, configuration parameters, performance statistics, and so on, that directly relate to the current operation of the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Express system.
moderator	A web meeting room permission type. By default, all profiled users are given moderator permission. Moderator permissions are a temporary set of permissions available in a meeting that allow the moderator to control the meeting. For example, moderators can eject participants from a meeting and change participant permissions. Moderators can also promote and demote other participants to moderator status.
mpxadmin user	The mpxadmin user is the main administrative user for Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Express.

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outdial	A Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Express feature that enables the system to call someone who is not currently in the meeting.
owner	The person whose name is attached to the meeting. The owner is not necessarily the person who scheduled the meeting.

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participant	Anyone in a meeting. Can be a moderator, presenter, or audience.
patch	Contains a small set of bug fixes that can be applied on top of a major release, minor release, or maintenance release. The word "patch" is a general term that is used interchangeable with "engineering special" and "service release." See also hot fix and upgrade.
permission type	Business logic that enables increased meeting control and structure by limiting certain Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Express features to specific user access groups.
presenter	A web meeting room permission type.
profile	A collection of information that uniquely identifies a Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Express end user. It contains such information as the end user's ID, permission type, and preferences for setting up meetings.
profiled user	A user with a Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Express account. User profiles are created by a system administrator. User profiles can contain different levels of service for billing and security considerations.
prompt	A recorded message that asks the end user for information.
public meeting	A meeting that is scheduled without access restrictions. Public meetings are searchable and accessible from the Find Meetings page.

R
recurring meeting	A series of regularly scheduled meetings.
repeated meetings	Term used by Cisco Conference Connection. Meetings that occur on a recurring basis, such as once a week. Also called recurring meetings.
reservationless meeting	A special type of immediate meeting. Each profiled user is assigned a unique ID, which is the same for all reservationless meetings.
restoring data	The process of recreating the database server data from backed-up storage spaces and logical log files.
root user	The root user is the most powerful class of user. Log in as a root user only if you need to set the system configuration. Otherwise, log in as the mpxadmin user.
route pattern	Used by Cisco Unified CallManager to route or block both internal and external calls.

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scheduled meetings	Term used by Cisco Conference Connection. One-time meetings that take place in the future and that are not currently happening at this moment in time.
scheduler	Any user who schedules a meeting. The scheduler is either the meeting owner or the meeting owner's delegate.
sentence (voice prompt)	A string of individual voice prompts.
Simple Network Management Protocol	See SNMP.
SIP	An application layer protocol that uses text format messages to set up, manage, and terminate multimedia communication sessions. SIP is a simplified version of the ITU H.323 packet multimedia system. SIP is defined in RFC-2543.
SNMP	Network management protocol used almost exclusively in TCP/IP networks. SNMP provides a means to monitor and control network devices, and to manage configurations, statistics collection, performance, and security.
system administrator	A user class. Has every privilege available and may modify any end user, meeting, or configuration parameter. This is the only user class that can access the Administration Center. System administrators are usually responsible for setting up and maintaining the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Express database, including information about the system configuration and the user community.

T
Telephone User Interface	See TUI.
time zone	The temporal equivalent of a geographical location in terms of an offset from Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and rules for daylight savings. In Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Express, each profile has a time zone setting, which should be set to reflect the office location where the end user regularly does business. The system automatically adjusts for time differences between locations, including differences in rules for daylight savings.
trap	Used by SNMP to report certain events to the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Express system.
TUI	Manages the phone to end user interaction, including playing prompts, receiving DTMF, and deciding when to place a phone session into a meeting.

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upgrade	A large enhancement to the product. See also hot fix and patch.
user class	The level of system-related permissions available to a user.
user group	A group of profiled users with common attributes. By defining user groups, system administrators reduce the time required to set up and maintain individual user profiles.
user profile	See profile.

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Voice over Internet Protocol	See VoIP.
VoIP	Capability of carrying normal telephony-style voice over an IP network with circuit-base, telephone-like functionality, reliability, and voice quality. DSPs segment the voice signal into frames, which then are coupled in groups of two and stored in voice packets. These packets are transported using IP in compliance with H.323. VoIP is a blanket term that generally refers to the Cisco standards-based (H.323 and so forth) approach to IP voice traffic.

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web meeting room	The web pages that the end user sees when participating in a web meeting. This is different than the End-User Interface.