OVERRIDE

1. To preempt, manually or automatically, a prescribed procedure. Note: For example, one might manually override a prescribed course of action programmed to occur in the event of a fault . 2. In telephony , the entering of or seizure of, a busy circuit , i.e. , an occupied circuit, by a party other than those using the circuit. ( 188 ) Note: For example, an attendant might override a circuit after a busy verification , or a user with a higher precedence level might override a circuit.