Jargon Dictionary
Week 11(Networking and Communication)
- Communication > information sharing between 2 or more parties
- Protocol > methods, procedure, rules for engagement…
- Binary > 0 and 1 (0V and 5V/3V3…for MCUs)…ex: 11111111 = 255
- Synchronous vs Asynchronous > clock or no clock
- Clock Pulse > MCU’s transmission clock rate (the metronome rhythm)
- Baud Rate > speed bits are transferred (when one bit ends and another starts)
- Data Packet > packet size in bits
- Networking > inter-connected devices that can communicate among each other
- Bus > communication line
- Addresssing > unique identifier (at a specific location)
- Encryption > communication security