Glossary

AES-256

Advanced Encryption Standard, key length 256 bits

API

Application Programming Interface

APN

Access Point Name

CDMA

Code Division Multiple Access

CECS

Configuration, Evaluation, and Communication System

CPV

Concentrated Photovoltaics

CSP

Concentrated Solar Power

CSV

Comma Separated Values

DHCP

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

DHI

Diffuse Horizontal Irradiation

DNI

Direct Normal Irradiation

DNS

Domain Name System

FTP

File Transfer Protocol

FTPS

FTP Secure (using TLS/SSL)

GHI

Global Horizontal Irradiation

GIS

Geographic Information System

GNU

GNU's Not Unix

GnuPG

GNU Privacy Guard

GPL

General Public License

GPRS

General Packet Radio Service

GPS

Global Positioning System

GSM

Global System for Mobile communications

GTI

Global Tilted Irradiation

HTTP

HyperText Transfer Protocol

HTTPS

HTTP Secure

IEEE

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

IP

Internet Protocol

JID

Jabber Id, an XMPP address

LAN

Local Area Network

LCD

Liquid Crystal Display

LED

Light-emitting diode

LGPL

Lesser General Public License

MARS

Measurement And Recording System

NTP

Network Time Protocol

OVP

Overvoltage Protection

PIN

Personal Identification Number

POA

Plane of Array

POT

Potentiometer - Measurement principle, e.g. Wind vane POT

PPP

Point-to-point protocol

PUK

PIN Unlock Key (or Personal Unblocking Code, PUC)

PV

Photovoltaic

RNDIS

Remote Network Driver Interface Specification

SCADA

Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition

SCP

Secure Copy Protocol/Program (using SSH)

SFTP

Secure FTP (using SSH)

SIM

Subscriber Identity Module

SMS

Short Message Service

SMSC

Short Message Service Center

SSH

Secure Shell

SSL

Secure Sockets Layer

TCP/IP

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol

TLS

Transport Layer Security

TMR

Tunnel Magnetoresistance - Measurement principle, e.g. Wind vane TMR

UMTS

Universal Mobile Telecommunications System

USB

Universal Serial Bus

W-LAN

Wireless Local Area Network

WMO

World Meteorological Organization

XMPP

Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (originally named Jabber)