Terms, Abbreviations and Acronyms
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Term
Description
IP
Internet Protocol.
The primary Internet communications protocol.
This protocol is used for relaying datagrams (also known as network packets) across an
internetwork using the Internet Protocol Suite responsible for routing packets across network
boundaries.
IPD
An Essence Term.
A Motion Indoor Photo Detector peripheral device. Also referred to as Camera.
ISM
Industrial, Scientific, and Medical
JSON
JavaScript Object Notation.
An open standard format that uses human-readable text to transmit data objects consisting of
key:value pairs.
It is derived from the JavaScript scripting language for representing simple data structures and
associative arrays, referred to as objects.
KF
An Essence Term.
A Key Fob peripheral device.
LAN
Local Area Network.
A computer network interconnecting computers in a limited area (i.e. home, laboratory or
office) using network media.
LED
Light Emitting Diode.
LSU
An Essence Term.
Local Software Update.
MGL/MGLS
An Essence Term.
An Indoor Magnetic Sensor peripheral device.
MZ
Militarized Zone.
See
DMZ
.
NAT
Network Address Translation.
Software process of modifying
IP
address information in IPv4 (
IP
version 4.0) headers while in
transit across a traffic routing device.
NET
A software framework developed by Microsoft™ that runs primarily over Microsoft™
Windows®.
It includes a large library and provides language interoperability (each language can use code
written in other languages) across several programming languages.
Programs written for the .NET Framework execute in a software environment known as the
Common Language Runtime (CLR).
Node (Unit
or module)
A Z-Wave® Term.
Single module entity within the Z-Wave® network (i.e. plug in switch, light dimmer, controller,
etc.).
The main controller is typically node #1 and is also considered a device.
OS
Operating system.
A collection of software that manages computer hardware resources and provides common
services for computer programs.
