One-Net/DASDEC User Manual
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Term
Definition
CAP
The Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) is an XML-based data
format for exchanging public warnings and emergencies
between alerting technologies. CAP allows a warning
message to be consistently disseminated simultaneously
over many warning systems to many applications. CAP is
an international standard that has been adapted by several
countries to communicate emergency warnings including,
Australia (CAP-AU-STD), Canada (CAP-CP/NPAS), Germany
(MoWaS), and the United States (IPAWS-OPEN).
CAT-5 Cable
Category 5 cable (or CAT-5), is a twisted pair cable for
carrying signals. This type of cable is used in structured
cabling for computer networks such as Ethernet. The cable
standard provides performance of up to 100 MHz and is
suitable for 10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX (Fast Ethernet), and
1000BASE-T (Gigabit Ethernet). Category 5 was superseded
by the category 5e (enhanced) specification, and later
category 6 cable.
CG
A character generator (CG) is a device or software that
produces static or animated text (such as crawls and credits
rolls) for keying into a video stream.
EAS
The Emergency Alert System (EAS) is a national warning
system in the United States put into place on January 1,
1997, when it replaced the Emergency Broadcast System
(EBS), which in turn replaced the CONELRAD System. EAS
is also designed to alert the public of local weather, law
enforcement, and civil emergencies.
Ethernet
Ethernet is a family of computer networking technologies
commonly used in local area networks (LANs). Frequently
used wiring is CAT5/6 twisted pair cables with RJ-45
connectors (or 8P8C modular connectors).
FCC
An independent U.S. government agency overseen by
Congress, the Federal Communications Commission
regulates interstate and international communications by
radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable in all 50 states,
the District of Columbia and U.S. territories. The commission
is the United States’ primary authority for communications
laws, regulation and technological innovation.
FIPS Codes
Geographic codes developed by the Federal Information
Processing Standards (FIPS) that establish six digit numeric
values for US states, counties, subdivision of counties and
other predefined geographic boundaries.
FSK
Frequency-shift keying (FSK) is a frequency modulation
scheme in which digital information is transmitted through
discrete frequency changes of a carrier signal. FSK is used to
transmit data within the EAS header.
GPIO
General-purpose input/output (GPIO) is a generic pin on an
integrated circuit whose behavior—including whether it is
an input or output pin—is controllable by the user at run
time.
