The following table provides definitions for some of the terms that are used in this document.
Term | Definition |
AAA | Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting |
AC | Alternating Current (voltage) |
AE | Account Executive |
AI | Artificial Intelligence |
AMD | Advanced Micro Devices |
API | Application Programming Interface |
AR | Augmented Reality |
ASCII | American Standard Code for Information Interchange |
AWS | Amazon Web Services |
BOSS | Boot-Optimized Storage System |
BTU | British Thermal Unit |
C | Centigrade |
CA | Certificate Authority |
CapEx | Capital Expense |
CPU | Central Processing Unit |
DIMM | Dual In-Line Memory Module |
DNS | Domain Name Service |
DNV-GL | Det Norske Veritas Germanischer Lloyd |
DR | Disaster Recovery |
DRS | Distributed Resources Scheduler |
EMC | Edge MicroServer |
EMI | Electro-Magnetic Interference |
ENI | Ethernet Network Interface |
F | Fahrenheit |
FQDN | Fully Qualified Domain Name |
FTT | Failure to Tolerate |
Ft | (Distance) Feet |
G | (Server) Generation |
GB | Giga-Byte |
GbE | Gigabit Ethernet |
GCCS | Global Client and Compute Sales Representative |
GPU | Graphics Processing Unit |
HA | High Availability |
HCI | Hyperconverged Infrastructure |
HDD | Hard Disk Drive |
HDLC | High-Level Data Link Control |
HTML5 | Hyper Text Markup Language |
HTTPS | Hyper Text Transport Protocol Secure |
ID | Identity |
iDRAC | Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller |
IIoT | Industrial Internet of Things |
IO | Input Output |
IoT | Internet of Things |
IP | Industrial Ethernet Industrial Protocol |
ISA | Industry Standard Architecture |
IT | Information Technology |
JSON | JavaScript Object Notation |
KG | (Weight) Kilogram |
KPI | Key Performance Indicator |
LB | (Weight) Pound |
M | (Distance) Meter |
MES | Manufacturing Execution System |
MIL-STD | Military Standard |
ML | Machine Learning |
MM | (Distance) Milimeter |
MQTT | Message Queuing Telemetry Transport |
NIC | Network Interface Card |
NTP | Network Time Protocol |
NVMe | Non-Volatile Memory Express |
ODBC | Open Database Connectivity |
OPC AE | Open Platform Communications Alarms and Events |
OPC DA | Open Platform Communications Data Access |
OPC HDA | Open Platform Communications Historical Data Access |
OPC UA | Open Platform Communications Unified Architecture |
OpEx | Operating Expense |
OPF | Open Packaging Format |
OS | Operating System |
OT | Operations Technology |
PC | Personal Computer |
PCI | Peripheral Component Interconnect |
PCIe | Peripheral Component Interconnect Express |
PCMCIA | Personal Computer Memory Card International Association |
PKI | Public Key Infrastructure |
PLC | Programmable Logic Controller |
PSC | Platform Services Controller |
PSU | Power Supply Unit |
RAM | Random Access Memory |
REST | Representational State Transfer |
RP4VM | Recover Point for Virtual Machine |
RPM | Rotations Per Minute |
RPO | Recovery Point Objective |
RS | Recommended Standard |
RTO | Recovery Time Objective |
RTU | Remote Terminal Unit |
SAS | Serial Attached Small Computer System Interface |
SATA | Serial Advanced Technology Attachment |
SC | System Consultant |
SCADA | Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition |
SDK | Software Development Kit |
SDS | Software Defined Storage |
SNMP | Simple Network Management Protocol |
SOA | Service-Oriented Architecture |
SQL Server | Microsoft SQL Server |
SRM | Site Recovery Manager |
SRS | Secure Remote Services |
SSD | Solid State Disk |
SSL | Secure Sockets Layer |
TCP/IP | Transmission Control Protocol Internet Protocol |
TKE | ThingWorx Kepware Edge |
TLS | Transport Layer Security |
ToR | Top of Rack |
TW | ThingWorx |
U | (Rack) Unit |
VDI | Virtual Desktop Infrastructure |
VLAN | Virtual Local Area Network |
VM | Virtual Machine |
VMDK | Virtual Machine Disk |
vRPA | Virtual RecoverPoint Appliance |
vSAN | Virtual Storage Area Network |
WAN | Wide Area Network |