Appendix A

 

 

 

 

Term

Description

 

 

 

 

FINRA

Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.

 

 

 

 

FPR

Full Power Reserve, battery backup in case of power failure.

 

 

 

 

 

File Transfer Protocol, is a network protocol used to transfer

 

FTP

data from one computer to another through a network, such as

 

 

the Internet.

 

 

 

 

NASDAQ

National Association of Securities Dealers Automated, American

 

stock exchange.

 

 

 

 

 

 

NIST

National Institute of Standards and Technology,

 

 

 

 

 

Network Time Protocol. It is a TCP/IP protocol used to

 

NTP

synchronize the real time clock in computers, network devices

 

 

and other electronic equipment that is time sensitive.

 

 

 

 

 

Order Audit Trail System allows NASD to recreate events in the

 

 

life cycle of an investor’s order and more completely monitor

 

OATS

the trading practices of brokerage firms. Specifically, OATS

 

 

requires that all events relating to a trade are recorded with an

 

 

accurate time stamp.

 

 

 

 

 

Power over Ethernet technology describes a system to transmit

 

PoE

electrical power, along with data, to remote devices over

 

 

standard twisted-pair cable in an Ethernet network.

 

 

 

 

 

Simple Mail Transfer Protocol is the most popular protocol for

 

SMTP

transferring electronic mail on the Internet. Widely use to send

 

 

mail.

 

 

 

 

 

Simple Network Management Protocol. It is a standard TCP/IP

 

SNMP

protocol for network management. Network administrators use

 

SNMP to monitor and map network availability, performance,

 

 

 

 

and error rates. Trap messages are sent in case of failures.

 

 

 

 

 

Underwriters Laboratories, for product compliance. Benefiting a

 

UL

range of customers - from manufacturers and retailers to

 

 

consumers and regulating bodies

 

 

 

 

 

Zero configuration IP networking is a method of networking

 

 

devices via an Ethernet cable without requiring configuration

 

Zero

and administration. Zeroconf is able to allocate addresses

 

Configuration

without a DHCP server, translate between domain names and

 

 

IP Addresses without a DNS server, and find services, such as a

 

 

printer, without a directory service.

 

 

 

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