12: Glossary
Term
Abbreviation
Definition
Application
Programming
Interface
API
Specifies how software components in
computer programmes should interface
with each other.
APIs can either come in the form of a
library that includes specifications for
routines, data structures, object classes,
and variables, or, for SOAP and REST
services, an API comes as just a
specification of remote calls exposed to
the API consumers.
For GX, APIs have been written to
specify the interactions between the
Inmarsat Gateway platform and the
various back-end systems responsible
for billing; order fulfilment; customer
relationship management; network
management.
ATtention
AT
Broadband
Global Area
Network
BGAN
Inmarsat's BGAN service provides
simultaneous voice and broadband data
communications globally from small and
lightweight satcom terminals. The
service is provided by Inmarsat's global
constellation of I-4 satellites.
BGAN Radio
Module
BRM
Global
Navigation
Satellite
System
GNSS
General
Purpose Input
Output
GPIO
Non-Volatile
NVRAM
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BGAN Radio Module Terminal Development Kit User Guide
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