{"id":16755,"date":"2017-02-07T10:44:51","date_gmt":"2017-02-07T16:44:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.multitech.net\/developer\/?page_id=16755"},"modified":"2017-04-26T11:59:49","modified_gmt":"2017-04-26T16:59:49","slug":"conduit-mlinux-glossary","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.multitech.net\/developer\/software\/mlinux\/using-mlinux\/conduit-mlinux-glossary\/","title":{"rendered":"mLinux glossary"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Term<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nDefinition<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bluetooth<\/span><\/td>\nLow speed short distance wireless standard specified by the Bluetooth Special Interest Group<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bluetooth master<\/span><\/td>\nA \u00a0master initiates a connection.\u00a0 A master may have multiple connections.\u00a0 A master decides which slave to poll.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bluetooth slave<\/span><\/td>\nA bluetooth slave receives a connection.\u00a0 Master and slaves can reverse after connection.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bluetooth central role<\/span><\/td>\nBLE standard. Device that monitors a number of bluetooth peripherals.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bluetooth peripheral role<\/span><\/td>\nBLE standard. Through Bluetooth 4.0, a device with peripheral role has only one bluetooth connection.\u00a0 At Bluetooth level 4.1, peripherals may have multiple connections.\u00a0 Used for low-power applications where a small battery can keep a BLE peripheral role device running for years.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BLE<\/span><\/td>\nBluetooth Low Energy communication standard. Defined in Bluetooth 4.0 and above.\u00a0 Used by sensors to conserve power.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BT<\/span><\/td>\nBluetooth Classic<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
GATT<\/span><\/td>\nBluetooth Low energy Generic Attribute\u00a0 A hierarchical data structure for bluetooth devices.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
GATT client<\/span><\/td>\nThis is the central device.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
GATT server<\/span><\/td>\nA program that defines the attribute structure for BLE devices. This is a peripheral device, typically a sensor.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
GLONASS<\/span><\/td>\nRussian global satellite positioning system<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
GNSS<\/span><\/td>\nGlobal Navigation Satellite System (generic)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
GPS<\/span><\/td>\nGlobal Positioning System (US)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
GPSD<\/span><\/td>\nServer that monitors the GPS and makes time and position information available to client programs, such as gpsmon and NTPD.\u00a0 Allows multiple programs to use the GPS.\u00a0 Detects leap second and tells NTPD of an upcoming leap second and its direction on the day of the leap second.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
NMEA<\/span><\/td>\nA serial port and messaging standard for marine equipment including GPS.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
NTPD<\/span><\/td>\nProgram that provides time as a service.\u00a0 Time is input to NTPD from a GPS, the local system clock, or an external NTP server.\u00a0 The system clock and hardware clock is adjusted to match the external time source.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PPS<\/span><\/td>\nPulse per second<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
UBX<\/span><\/td>\nUblox proprietary GPS message format<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
VAP<\/span><\/td>\nVirtual Access Point, software device used to define a WAN (Wi-Fi) connection.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wi-Fi<\/span><\/td>\nThe various IEEE 802.11 standards<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wi-Fi Station<\/span><\/td>\nThe mode where the device attaches to a router to provide access to a LAN or the internet.\u00a0 Typically the remote system provides a gateway, DNS, and DHCP.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wi-Fi Access Point<\/span><\/td>\nThe mode where the device acts as a router, providing a gateway, a DNS, and typically DHCP.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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\u00a0 Term Definition Bluetooth Low speed short distance wireless standard specified by the Bluetooth Special Interest Group Bluetooth master A \u00a0master initiates a connection.\u00a0 A master may have multiple connections.\u00a0 A master decides which slave to poll. Bluetooth slave A bluetooth slave receives a connection.\u00a0 Master and slaves can reverse after connection. Bluetooth central role […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1478,"featured_media":0,"parent":9184,"menu_order":18,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-16755","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.multitech.net\/developer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.multitech.net\/developer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.multitech.net\/developer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.multitech.net\/developer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1478"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.multitech.net\/developer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16755"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.multitech.net\/developer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16755\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16759,"href":"https:\/\/www.multitech.net\/developer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16755\/revisions\/16759"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.multitech.net\/developer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.multitech.net\/developer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}