Terms, Abbreviations and Acronyms
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Term
Description
SK2
An Essence Term.
A Smoke Detector peripheral device.
SMPP
Short Message Peer-to-Peer.
An open, industry standard protocol designed to provide a flexible data communication
interface for the transfer of short message data between External Short Messaging Entities
(ESME), Routing Entities (RE) and Message Centers.
SMS
Short Message Service.
A text messaging service component used in phone, web, or mobile telecommunication
systems.
It uses standardized communications protocols that allow the exchange of short text
messages between fixed line or mobile phone devices.
SMSC
Short Message Service Center.
A cellular operator’s infrastructure for sending/receiving
SMS
messages.
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 electronic mail (e-mail) transmission across Internet Protocol (
IP
)
networks.
SOAP
Simple Object Access Protocol.
A protocol specification created for exchanging structured information in the implementation
of Web Services in computer networks.
It relies on
XML
for its message format. It usually relies on other Application Layer protocols,
most notably
HTTP
and Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (
SMTP
), for message negotiation and
transmission.
SOHO
Small Office Home Office.
SRN
An Essence Term.
An Indoor Siren peripheral device.
SSL
Secure Sockets Layer.
A cryptographic protocol that provide communication security over the Internet.
SSL encrypt the segments of network connections at the Application Layer for the Transport
Layer.
The Secure Sockets Layer uses asymmetric cryptography for key exchange, symmetric
encryption for confidentiality, and message authentication codes for message integrity.
Status Reply
A Z-Wave® Term.
The process of a Z-Wave® device transmitting its current state (ON, OFF, DIM, etc.) in
response to an individual node or unit change command from a controller.
At the present time, Z-Wave® devices ONLY respond with their status to the specific
controller which generated the command for their change.
Secondly, Z-Wave® devices DO NOT respond with their status when a Group or Scene
command is issued.
