R | IoT Glossary of Terms

RDF: Acronym for Resource Description Framework.
RDF Schema: A language for writing ontologies or a domain-specific vocabulary.
RDFS: Shorthand for RDF Schema.
REST: Acronym for REpresentational State Transfer.
REpresentational State Transfer: REST is a simple, stateless architecture generally running over HTTP by reading a Web page that contains a XML file. …
RF: Abbreviation for Radio Frequency.
RF4CE: Abbreviation for Radio Frequency for Consumer Electronics.
RFID: Radio Frequency ID. …
RPM: Abbreviation for Remote Patient Monitoring.
RPMA: Short for Random Phase Multiple Access.
RSE: Short for Roadside Equipment.
RTLS: Short for Real-Time Location System.
Radio Frequency: The oscillation of electrical signals in the range of 3 kHz to 300 GHz. …
Radio Frequency for Consumer Electronics: A standardized specification for radio frequency-based remote controls for consumer electronics, enabling non line-of-sight communication. …
Random Phase Multiple Access: A low-power, wide-area channel access method, employing direct-sequence spread spectrum (DSSS), used exclusively for M2M communications. …
Raspberry Pi: An inexpensive, credit-card sized personal computer designed so that kids worldwide can learn programming. …
Real-Time Location System: Systems that can identify and track the current position and movements of persons or objects. …
Received Signal Strength: The intensity of the received signal by the Wirless Access Point. …
Remote Patient Monitoring: Technology that enables the realtime measuring and monitoring of a patient's physiological readings in a non-clinical setting, such as at home. …
Resource Description Framework: A general-purpose language for representing information in the Web.
Right to Repair: The ability of a device owner or repairperson to access technical information for fixing that device, superceding IP exclusivity claims by the device manufacturer. …
Roadside Equipment: Components of a V2I (Vehicle to Infrastructure) implementation that communicate from a stationary location, as opposed to on-board equipment (OBE) located in moving vehicles. …
Roboat: A portmanteau of "robot" and "boat," this term applies to autonomous floating devices, ranging in size from very small to ocean going vessels. …
Rotation Sensing: A MEMS concept referring to the measurement of how quickly an object turns. …

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