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List of abbreviations
AC Activity Chain (in IERC)
ADA Active Digital Artefact
AE Augmented Entity
a.k.a. Also Known as
AKE Authenticated Key Exchange
ALE Application Level Event (in EPCglobal)
ANW Area Network Management (in ETSI M2M)
API Application-programming interface
ARM Architectural Reference Model
AS2 Applicability Statement 2
AuthN Authentication
BASE Basically Available / Soft(-state) / Eventually (consistent)
BPM(N) Business Process Management (Notation)
BSN Body Sensor Network
CA Certification Authority
CCTV Closed-Circuit TeleVision
CD Constrained Device
CFG Configuration Management (in ETSI M2M)
CEP Complex Event Processing
CFG Communication Functionality Group
CM Communication Model
CO Carbone monoxide
CoAP COnstrained Application Protocol
CP Control Point
D&M Diagnostic & Monitoring Management (in ETSI M2M)
DC Design Choice
DIKW Data / Information / Knowledge / Wisdom
DM Domain Model
DNS Domain Name System
DoD Department of Defence
DoS Denial of Service
DP Data Processor
DREAD Damage (potential / Reproducibility / Exploitability / Affected (user) /
Discoverability
DS Data Sink