<s>
Trunks	B-Application
Integrated	I-Application
Record	I-Application
Keeping	I-Application
System	I-Application
(	O
TIRKS	B-Application
)	O
is	O
an	O
operations	O
support	O
system	O
from	O
Telcordia	O
Technologies	O
(	O
since	O
acquired	O
by	O
Ericsson	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
)	O
,	O
originally	O
developed	O
by	O
the	O
Bell	O
System	O
during	O
the	O
late	O
1970s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Supporting	O
circuits	O
from	O
POTS	O
and	O
150	O
baud	O
modems	O
up	O
through	O
T1	O
,	O
DS3	O
,	O
SONET	B-Protocol
and	O
DWDM	O
,	O
it	O
continues	O
to	O
evolve	O
today	O
,	O
and	O
unlike	O
many	O
software	O
technologies	O
today	O
,	O
provides	O
complete	O
backward	O
compatibility	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TIRKS	B-Application
was	O
recently	O
updated	O
with	O
a	O
Java	O
GUI	O
,	O
XML	O
API	O
,	O
and	O
WORD	O
Sketch	O
,	O
which	O
provides	O
graphical	O
views	O
of	O
the	O
TIRKS	B-Application
Work	O
Order	O
Record	O
and	O
Details	O
Document	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
SONET	B-Protocol
and	O
DWDM	O
networks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
TIRKS	B-Application
became	O
a	O
registered	O
trademark	O
in	O
1987	O
,	O
it	O
became	O
technically	O
improper	O
to	O
use	O
it	O
as	O
an	O
acronym	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TIRKS	B-Application
was	O
one	O
of	O
many	O
OSS	O
technologies	O
transferred	O
to	O
Bell	O
Communications	O
Research	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Modification	O
of	O
Final	O
Judgment	O
related	O
to	O
the	O
AT&T	O
divestiture	O
on	O
January	O
1	O
,	O
1984	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
1990s	O
,	O
the	O
Facility	O
and	O
Equipment	O
Planning	O
System	O
(	O
FEPS	O
)	O
and	O
Planning	O
Workstation	O
System	O
(	O
PWS	O
)	O
products	O
were	O
incorporated	O
into	O
the	O
Telcordia	O
TIRKS	B-Application
CE	O
System	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TIRKS	B-Application
is	O
still	O
in	O
use	O
at	O
AT&T	O
,	O
Verizon	O
,	O
CenturyLink/Lumen	O
Technologies	O
,	O
and	O
altafiber	O
.	O
</s>
