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    The document defines various terms related to call centers, including abandoned call, agent, agent group, automatic call distributor, after-call work, and adherence to schedule. It provides descriptions for common call center concepts such as different agent states, automatic attendant, answer supervision, and application based routing. The glossary covers analog and digital phone systems, announcements, architecture, and other technical aspects of call center operations.

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    Call Center Glossary

    Abandoned Call: Also called a Lost Call. The caller hangs up before reaching an agent.

    Adherence To Schedule: A general term that refers to how well agents adhere to their schedules.

    After-Call Work: Also called Wrap-up and Post Call Processing (PCP). Work that is necessitated by
    and immediately follows an inbound transaction.

    Agent: The person who handles incoming or outgoing calls.

    Agent Group: Also called Split, Gate, Queue or Skills Group. A collection of agents that share a
    common set of skills, such as being able to handle customer complaints.

    Agent Out Call: An outbound call placed by an agent.

    Agent Status: The mode an agent is in (Talk Time, After-Call Work, Unavailable, etc.).

    All Trunks Busy: When all trunks are busy in a specified trunk group.

    Analog: Telephone transmission or switching that is not digital.

    Announcement: A recorded verbal message played to callers.

    Answer Supervision: The signal sent by the ACD or other device to the local or long distance
    carrier to accept a call.

    Answered Call: When referring to an agent group, a call counted as answered when it reaches an
    agent.

    Application Based Routing and Reporting: The ACD capability to route and track transactions
    by type of call, or application (e.g., sales, service, etc.), versus the traditional method of routing
    and tracking by trunk group and agent group.

    Architecture: The basic design of a system. Determines how the components work together,
    system capacity, upgradeability, and the ability to integrate with other systems.

    Audiotex: A voice processing capability that enables callers to automatically access pre-recorded
    announcements.

    Auto Available: An ACD feature whereby the ACD is programmed to automatically put agents into
    Available after they finish Talk Time and disconnect calls.

    Auto Greeting: Agent's pre-recorded greeting that plays automatically when a call arrives.

    Auto Wrap-up: An ACD feature whereby the ACD is programmed to automatically put agents into
    After-Call Work after they finish Talk Time and disconnect calls.

    Automated Attendant: A voice processing capability that automates the attendant function.

    Automatic Call Distributor: The specialized telephone system used in incoming call Centers.

    Automatic Call Sequencer: A simple system that is less sophisticated than an ACD, but provides
    some ACD-like functionality.

    Automatic Number Identification: A telephone network feature that passes the number of the
    phone the caller is using to the call Center, real-time.

    Auxiliary Work State: An agent work state that is typically not associated with handling
    telephone calls. When agents are in an auxiliary mode, they will not receive inbound calls.

    Available State: Agents who are signed on to the ACD and waiting for calls to arrive.

    Available Time: The total time that an agent or agent group waited for calls to arrive, for a given
    time period.

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