Glossary

A

AFE	Analogue front end
API	Application Programmers Interface
ASIC	Application Specific Integrated Circuit
ATA	An advanced technology attachment

C

CF	Compact Flash
CMOS	Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor

D

dPMR	Digital private mobile radio
DMR	Digital mobile radio
DSP	Digital signal processor
DTR	Disclosure and Transparency Rules

E

eMMC	Electronic multimedia card
EU	European Union

F

FPGA	Field programmable gate array

G

GAAP	Generally Accepted Accounting Practice

 

H

HDD	Hard Disk Drive

I

IAS	International Accounting Standard
IASB	International Accounting Standards Board
IC	Integrated circuit
IFRIC	International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee
IFRS	International Financial Reporting Standards
IIOT	Industrial Internet of Things
IOT	Internet of Things
IP	Intellectual property

M

M2M	Machine-to-machine
MMC	Multi-Media Card

N

NAND	Not And
NRE	Non‑refundable engineering
NXDN	A common air interface technical protocol for mobile communications

O

OEM	Original Equipment Manufacturer

P

PABX	Public access branch exchange
PATA	Parallel ATA interface
PMR	Private Maritime Radio
POS	Point-of-sale

R

R&D	Research and development
RF	Radio frequency
RFID	Radio Frequency Identification

S

SATA	Serial ATA interface
SCADA	Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition
SD card	Secure digital card
SDR	Software defined radio
SoC	System On a Chip
SSD	Solid state drives

T

TSR	Total shareholder return

U

USB	Universal serial bus