N | IoT Glossary of Terms

NB-IoT: Short for Narrowband IoT.
NFC: Acronym for Near Field Communication.
Narrowband IoT: A Low Power Wide Area (LPWA) technology, NB-IoT is designed to support a massive number of low throughput devices, low delay sensitivity, ultra-low device cost, low device power consumption and optimal network architecture.
Near Field Communication: Short-range wireless communication between devices, used in applications such as contactless mobile payments, transport ticketing and phone-as-key. …
Nearables: Coined by Estimote for the similarity to "wearables," the term nearables describes items with nearby tracking devices, or beacons, attached to them. …
Negawatt Power: An awareness term, coined by environmentalist Amory Lovins, for an amount of energy saved rather than energy consumed. …
Network of Things: Coined by the NIST, a NoT is another way of describing an Intranet of Things. …
NiFi: A technology originally created by the National Security Agency in 2006, NiFi is used for real-time data collection and processing. …
NoT: Acronym for Network of Things.

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