Terms, Abbreviations, and Acronyms
Care@Home™ Indoor Photo Detector User Guide
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Term
Description
SMSC
Short Message Service Center.
A cellular operator’s infrastructure for sending/receiving
When sending SMS messages, the user may connect directly to a provider’s
infrastructure for this purpose.
SMTP
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol.
An Internet standard for email transmission.
SOAP
Simple Object Access Protocol.
A protocol specification created for exchanging structured information in the
implementation of Web Services in computer networks.
SRN
An Essence Term.
An Indoor Siren peripheral device.
SSL
Secure Sockets Layer.
A protocol that provides secure communication over the Internet.
STUN
Session Traversal Utilities for NAT.
STUN is a standardized set of methods and a network protocol to allow an end host to
discover its public IP address if it is located behind a NAT.
STUN is used to permit NAT traversal for applications of real-time voice, video,
messaging, and other interactive IP communications.
STUN is documented in RFC 5389. STUN is intended to be a tool to be used by other
protocols, such as ICE.
Telnet
Telnet is a network protocol that allows users to log into other computers on the same
network.
TR5
An Essence Term.
A Tag Reader wireless access control peripheral device.
UT
An Essence Term.
A Universal Transmitter peripheral device.
VPN
Virtual Private Network.
VPN extends a private network across a public network, such as the Internet.
The Virtual Private Network enables a computer to send and receive data across shared
or public networks as if it were directly connected to the private network, while
benefitting from the functionality, security and management policies of the private
network.
