C#/.NET
Microsoft .NET programming language and framework.
Glossary
Technical terms used in Connected Things
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Action
What happens on the device when a tag is interacted with. -
Clone Tag
A process to duplicate a physical tag so it appears the same to software. -
Food Safe Tags
The use of materials which comply with USA FDA 21 CFR and EU food regulations for the safe use on... -
Inductive Coupling
The near field wireless transmission of electrical energy between two magnetically coupled coils. Related Wikipedia – Inductive Coupling -
Flexographic Printing
A print methodology based on relief plates; as opposed to . Related Wikipedia – Flexographic Printing -
Beacon
A Bluetooth based tag technology; often refers to Apple’s iBeacon. Related iBeacon – Wikipedia -
Keyboard Emulation
A computer device which provides simplistic textual input to a computer which emulates typing on a keyboard. Several barcode scanners... -
Identity
An identity, or ID for short, is a that uniquely represents an item within a set of related items. IDs... -
IDENTIV
Manufacturer of RFID inlays and hardware. Related Identiv -
Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS)
A hard, durable plastic material used to make durable NFC tags. Other Resources Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene – Wikipedia -
Advanced Card Systems (ACS)
Manufacturer of NFC reader and writer hardware Related ACS Website -
Variable Data
Variable data, also called variable elements for printing describes when the data changes for each item. Variable data is in... -
Correlated Tag Encoding
An NFC encoding method that matches variable printed data on a physical tag to the data encoded to the NFC... -
Full Bleed Printing
In printing, when the artwork covers the entire surface and edges of a product without an unprinted border at the... -
IoT
Internet of Things – A generic term to describe when physical items interact with or have online counterparts. Related Wikipedia... -
Antenna
The metal part of the and UHF RFID tag used to receive and broadcast RF signals. Antennas are typically made... -
URI
A URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) is an alphanumeric string that identifies a resource in a computer system; often on the... -
One Time Programmable Memory (OTP)
One time programmable memory is memory that can only be written to once; once a byte has been written to... -
Random String
A random string is a series of characters that do not have a predictable sequence; especially when the list of...