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Glossary of Terms
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ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit)
Integrated circuit (IC) customised for a particular use, rat...

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ASSP (Application Specific Standard Product)
Integrated circuit that implements a specific function that ...

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ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode)
Cell relay, Circuit switching network and data link layer pr...

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Bluetooth
Industrial specification for wireless personal area networks...

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CAN (Controller Area Network)
Is a broadcast, differential serial bus standard, originally...

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CF Card (Compact Flash Card)
Was originally developed as a type of data storage device us...

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CMOS (Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor)
Complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor (CMOS), is a major c...

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DMA (Direct Memory Access)
Feature of modern computers, that allows certain hardware su...

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DSC (Digital Still Camera)
Electronic device used to capture and store photographs elec...

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DSP (Digital Signal Processor)
Is a specialized microprocessor designed specifically for di...

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DVR (Digital Video Recorder)
Device that records video without videotape to a hard drive-...

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EPL (Ethernet Powerlink)
Deterministic real-time protocol for standard Ethernet. It i...

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Ethernet IP / Industrial Ethernet
Industrial Ethernet is the name given to the use of the Ethe...

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Firmware
In computing, firmware is software that is embedded in a har...

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FPGA (Field-Programmable Gate Array)
Semiconductor device containing programmable logic component...

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Hardware
General term that is used to describe physical artifacts of ...

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HUB
A central connection point for Ethernet devices in a network...

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I/O (Input/Output)
In computing, input/output, or I/O, is the collection of int...

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IEEE 1588
The Precision Time Protocol (PTP) is a protocol defined in t...

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Interface
Defines the communication boundary between two entities, suc...

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IP (Internet Protocol)
Data-oriented protocol used for communicating data across a ...

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JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group)
In computing, JPEG is a commonly used standard method of com...

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JTAG (Joint Test Action Group)
Developed a specification for boundary scan testing that was...

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Linux
Unix-like computer operating system family. Linux is one of ...

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MAC (Media Access Control)
The Media Access Control (MAC) data communication protocol s...

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MCU (Microcontroller)
Is a computer-on-a-chip. It is a type of microprocessor emph...

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MMC (MultiMediaCard)
Is a flash memory memory card standard. Unveiled in 1997 by ...

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MPEG (Moving Picture Experts Group)
Working group of ISO/IEC charged with the development of vid...

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MPI (Multiplexed Processor Interface)
Multiplexed Processor Interface...

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OS (Operating System)
A set of computer programs that manage the hardware and soft...

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PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect)
The Peripheral Component Interconnect, or PCI Standard (PCI)...

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PCM (Pulse-Code Modulation)
Digital representation of an analog signal where the magnitu...

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PDA's (Personal Digital Assistants)
Are handheld computers that were originally designed as pers...

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PIC (Programmable Interrupt Controller)
Device which allows priority levels to be assigned to its in...

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Profinet IO
Is an Industrial Ethernet communication protocol suite, defi...

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RISC (Reduced Instruction Set Computer)
Is a CPU design philosophy that favors a reduced instruction...

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RTC (Real-time clock)
Is a computer clock (most often in the form of an integrated...

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SATA (Serial ATA)
In computer hardware, Serial ATA (SATA) is a computer bus te...

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SD Card (Secure Digital Card)
Secure Digital (SD) is a flash (non-volatile) memory card fo...

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SDRAM (Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory)
Means synchronous dynamic random access memory which is a ty...

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SIP (Silicon Intellectual Property)
Business model for a semiconductor company where the company...

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SoC (System-on-a-Chip)
Is an idea of integrating all components of a computer or ot...

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Software
Consisting of programs, enables a computer to perform specif...

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SPI (Serial Peripheral Interface)
Synchronous serial data link standard designed by Motorola t...

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SSD (Solid State Drive)
Data storage device that uses non-volatile memory (NAND) suc...

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SSI (Synchronous Serial Interface)
In telecommunications and computer science, serial communica...

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TCP (Transmission Control Protocol)
Is one of the core protocols of the Internet protocol suite,...

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UART (Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter)
Type of "asynchronous receiver/transmitter", a piece of comp...

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USB (Universal Serial Bus)
Serial bus standard to interface devices. A major component ...

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VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol)
Also called VoIP, IP Telephony, Internet telephony, Broadban...

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WLAN (Wireless Local Area Network)
A wireless LAN or WLAN is a wireless local area network, whi...

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YUV
The YUV model defines a color space in terms of one luma and...

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