Acronyms and Abbreviations

Sometimes it can be convenient to use short-hand names of technologies. To help the reader of this documentation, we have gathered a list of abbreviations and acronyms here.

AIPC

Actia IPC

BuB

Back-up-Battery, a small battery to keep the system alive to allow for orderly shutdown even if the main power is missing.

CAN

Controller Area Network

GNSS

Global Navigation Satellite Systems

GPS

Global Positioning System, a GNSS system operated by USA

IPC

Inter Process Communication, a collection of techniques and libraries that allow communication between otherwise isolated processes within a system

NAD

Network Access Device, also commonly referred to as cellular modem

OTA

Over-the-air update

SocketCAN

Software interface to CAN bus that looks like a network connection. Further documentation can be found for example at Linux SocketCAN documentation

VM

Virtual Machine