User Guide Part 8

Security Aspects
We.R
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System User Guide
261
Term
Description
LAN
Local Area Network.
A computer network interconnecting computers in a limited area (i.e. home,
laboratory or office) using network media.
LED
Light Emitting Diode.
LSU
An Essence Term.
Local Software Update.
MGL
An Essence Term.
A We.R
™
system Indoor window/door Magnetic Sensor peripheral device.
MZ
Militarized Zone.
See DMZ.
NAT
Network Address Translation.
Software process of modifying IP address information in IPv4 (IP version 4.0)
headers while in transit across a traffic routing device.
NET
A software framework developed by Microsoft
™
that runs primarily on Microsoft
™
Windows
®
.
It includes a large library and provides language interoperability (each language
can use code written in other languages) across several programming
languages.
Programs written for the .NET Framework execute in a software environment
known as the Common Language Runtime (CLR).
Node (Unit
or module)
A Z-Wave
®
Term.
Single module entity within the Z-Wave
®
network (i.e. plug in switch, light
dimmer, controller, etc.). The main controller is typically node #1 and is also
considered a device.
OS
Operating system.
A collection of software that manages computer hardware resources and
provides common services for computer programs.
PIR
An Essence Term.
A We.R
™
system Motion Detector peripheral device.
RF
Radio Frequency.
A rate of oscillation in the range of about 3 kHz to 300 GHz.
This range corresponds to the frequency of radio waves, and the alternating
currents which carry radio signals.
RFID
Radio-Frequency Identification.
Wireless non-contact system using radio-frequency electromagnetic fields to
transfer data from a tag attached to an object for automatic identification.