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Glossary
A
AC
A
lternating
C
urrent
ARP
A
ddress
R
esolution
P
rotocol: Network protocol
B
Big-Endian format
The most significant byte is stored first, that is at the memory location with the low-
est address.
Boot Application
Starting a device with the firmware required for the microcontroller
Broadcast message
Message in the network where data packets are transmitted to all devices on the
network from one point
C
Client
Device in the communication network that sends data requests or commands to the
server devices and receives responses from them
CO
C
hange
O
ver: Type of relay
CRC
C
yclic
R
edundancy
C
heck: The cyclic redundancy check is a method of determin-
ing a test value for data (for example for data transmission in computer networks)
with the purpose to detect errors during the transmission or duplication of data.
D
DC
D
irect
C
urrent
DHCP
D
ynamic
H
ost
C
onfiguration
P
rotocol enables the network configuration to be
assigned to the devices by a DHCP server
DSP
D
igital
S
ignal
P
rocessor
DST
D
aylight
S
aving
T
ime
E
Ethernet
Cable-based data network technology for local data networks
F
FO
F
iber
o
ptical
FW
F
irm
w
are: Program code for execution in a microcontroller
G
Gateway
Enables networks based on different protocols to communicate with each other.
H
Holding register
Area for representing data in Modbus communication
HTML
H
yper
t
ext
M
arkup
L
anguage; application in World Wide Web
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