Glossary of Terms
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General Terminology
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      | Term       |  Description                                                                                               |
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      |API         |Application Programming Interface                                                                           |
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      |DB          |Database                                                                                                    |
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      |DL          |Deep Learning                                                                                               |
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      |ECN         |Edge Compute Node                                                                                           |
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      |EII         |Industrial Edge Insights for Industrial                                                                     |
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      |Json        |JavaScript Object Notation - Lightweight text format for storing and transporting data                      |
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      |M2M         |Machine-to-Machine                                                                                          |
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      |ML          |Machine Learning                                                                                            |
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      |MQTT        |Message Queuing Telemetry Transport - Standard publish-subscribe-based messaging protocol                   |
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      |EII         |Edge Insights for Industrial                                                                                |
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      |EVAM        |Edge Video Analytics Microservice                                                                           |
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      |OPC-UA      |OPC Unified Architecture - A popular protocol for communication between machines in industrial applications |
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      |OpenCV      |Open Computer Vision - A standard library of computer vision functions                                      |
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      |Toolkit     |SDK developed by Intel for optimizing deep learning-based algorithms running on Intel hardware.             |
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      |RTSP        |Real Time Streaming Protocol - Standard protocol used for streaming video                                   |
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      |SI          |System Integrator                                                                                           |
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      |TICK        |Telegraf*, InfluxDB*, Chronograf*, Kapacitor*                                                               |
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      |UDF         |User-defined Function –  User written function for doing the custom functions on the input stream           |
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Security-Related Terminology
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      | Term       |  Description                                                                                                                           |
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      |BIOS        |Basic Input and Output System                                                                                                           |
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      |CA          |Certificate Authority                                                                                                                   |
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      |CRL         |Certificate Revocation List - List of certificates that have been revoked/invalidated before expiration by a CA                         |
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      |mTLS        |Mutual TLS authentication - Two-way authentication of both ends of a network connection                                                 |
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      |PCR         |Platform Configuration Registers - A feature within the TPM to cryptographically record state of software and configuration             |
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      |Intel® PTT  |Intel® Platform Trust Technology - Provides the capabilities of TPM 2.0 without dedicated hardware                                      | 
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      |TLS         |Transport Layer Security - security protocol to encrypt and protect communication over a network                                        |
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      |TPM 2.0     |Trusted Platform Module - A standard for providing dedicated hardware-based security                                                    |
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