Section 9
Glossary
100BASE-FX
A physical media defined in the IEEE 802.3 Ethernet
standard for local area networks (LANs). 100BASE-FX
uses fibre-optic cabling.
100BASE-TX
A physical media defined in the IEEE 802.3 Ethernet
standard for local area networks (LANs). 100BASE-TX
uses twisted-pair cabling category 5 or higher with RJ-45
connectors.
ANSI
American National Standards Institute
CAT 5
A twisted pair cable type designed for high signal integrity
COMTRADE
COMmon format for Transient Data Exchange for power
systems. Defined by the IEEE Standard.
Connectivity
Package
Manager
Software that helps the user to define right connectivity
package versions for different applications and tools.
CPU
Central processing unit
CSV
Comma separated values
CT
Current transformer
DHCP
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol allows devices
joining the network to dynamically receive an IP address
from the DHCP server that contains a pool of IP
addresses.
DMS
Distribution Management System
DNP 3.0
A distributed network protocol originally developed by
Westronic. The DNP3 Users Group has the ownership of
the protocol and assumes responsibility for its evolution.
DST
Daylight saving time
EEPROM
Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory
EMC
Electromagnetic compatibility
Ethernet
A large, diverse family of frame-based computer
networking technologies that operate at many speeds for
LANs interconnecting computing devices. Ethernet is a
trademark of Xerox Corporation, Inc. and defined in the
IEEE 802.3 standard in which computers access the
network through a CSMA/CD protocol.
FB
Function block.
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