Generic DTQ Jargon and Acronyms

Question 1

is the process of preparing and equipping a network to allow it to provide (new) services to its users.

Answer 1

Provision, To provision

Question 2

a delivery model in which software and its associated data are hosted centrally (typically in the (Internet) cloud) and are typically accessed by users using a thin client, normally using a web browser over the Internet.

Answer 2

Test Environment

Question 3

is multiple computing and/or network providers agreeing upon standards of operation in a collective fashion. The term may be used when describing the inter-operation of two distinct, formally disconnected, telecommunications networks that may have different internal structures.[1] The term may also be used when groups attempt to delegate collective authority of development to prevent fragmentation.

Answer 3

Federate, Federation

Question 4

is a list of steps, typically defining interactions between a role (known in UML as an “actor”) and a system, to achieve a goal.

Answer 4

User Case, Use Case

Question 5

also known as ____, is a data record produced by a telephone exchange or other telecommunications equipment documenting the details of a phone call that passed through the facility or device.It is the automated equivalent of the paper toll tickets that were written and timed by operators for long-distance calls in a manual telephone exchange.

Answer 5

Call Detail Record (CDR)