Glossary

COB - A DAQ board like the HSIO-II, but suited for more large-scale stuff.

DHCP - Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. Automatically assigns stuff like IP addresses to computers on a network. On Linux, this is controlled by a configuration file /etc/dhcp/dhcp.conf, and the assigned addresses are stored at /var/lib/dhcpd/dhcpd.leases. You can find out what the settings in the file mean by reading this, but you should know about things like IP addresses and private/public networks first.

DPM -

DTM -

HSIO-II - High Speed Input Output II. This is a board for performing testing on pixel detectors. It looks like this. The manual is here.

MAC - Media Access Control. If an IP address is like a device's phone number, a MAC address is like its name. You can find the MAC addresses of all devices connected to your local network with the command “arp -n”. Read more here.

NFS - Network File System. Used for sharing files between multiple computers.

NTP - Network Time Protocol. Used for syncing time between multiple computers. Configuration file at /etc/ntp.conf on the host computer.

RCE - A data acquisition framework which is used in boards like HSIO-II.

SDK - Software Development Kit. Software packages and stuff you need to write, compile, and write code.