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1.1 Abbreviations/glossary
AC Alternating Current
CD Compact Disc
CIC Connectivity Industry Consortium
The CIC was an open, non-profit, industry-driven consortium
comprised of device manufacturers, information system vendors and
health care providers. It was chartered to address impediments to
POC device connectivity with the objective of enabling seamless
information exchange between POC devices and electronic medical
records and laboratory information systems.
DM Data Management
DMS Data Management Server
HC HemoCue
Hub A physical connecting device
A hub is a place of convergence where data arrives from one or more
directions and is forwarded in one or more other directions.
IP-address A number that identifies each sender or receiver of information that is
sent in packets across the Internet.
IR Infra Red (light)
Electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths longer than those of
visible light but shorter than those of radio waves.
IrDA Infrared Data Association
LAN Local Area Network
A group of computers and associated devices that share a common
communications line and typically share the resources of a server
within a small geographic area (e.g. an oce building). The server
usually has applications and data storage that are shared in common
by multiple computer users.
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