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Glossary

Abbreviations
Acronyms
TSN
Time Sensitive Networks
UA
Unified Architecture
UI
User Interface
UK
United Kingdom
vf-OS
Virtual Factory Operating System
VRM
Value Roadmapping Method
WP
Workpackage
WPL
Workpackage leader
WSN
Wireless Sensors Technologies
ZDM
Zero-Defects Manufacturing
ZDMP
Zero Defects Manufacturing Platform
OEM
Original Equipment Manufacturer
OPC
Object Linking and Embedding for Process Control
OPC UA
Open Platform Communications United Architecture
OPE
Overall Production Effectiveness
OS
Operating System
OT
Operational Technology
PAS
Publicly Available Specification
PC
Project Coordinator
PCB
Printed Circuit Board
PCI
Peripheral Component Interconnect
PEDR
Plan for Exploitation and Dissemination of Results
PKI
Public Key Infrastructure
PLC
Programmable Logic Controllers
PMB
Project ?anagement ?oard
PPP
Public Private Partnership
PPQ
Process Performance Qualification
PS
Project Secretariat
PSL
Process Specification Language
PU
Public
QC
Quality Control
QCM
Quality Control Manager
RA
Reference Architecture
RAF
Reference Architecture Framework
RAMI4.0
Reference Architectural Model Industry 4.0
RAS
Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability
RBAC
Role-based access control
REST
Representational State Transfer
REST API
RESTful API
RF
Reference Framework
RIDS
Reliable Industrial Data Services
RoT
Root of Trust
RTD
Research and Technological Development
SAS
Statistical Analysis System
SDK
Software Development Kit
SDN
Software defined networks
SIMPM
Semantically Integrated Manufacturing Planning Model
SME
Small Medium Enterprise
SOA
Service Oriented Architecture
SOTA
State-Of-The-Art
SP
SharePoint
SQL
Structured Query Language
SRIA
Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda
SSL
Secure Sockets Layer
SSP
System Structure and Parameterization
SWOT
Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats
TCP
Fieldbus communication
TL
Task leader
TM
Technical Manager
TPM
Trusted Platform Module
TRL
Technology Readiness Level
FOF
Factories of the Future
FTO
Freedom to Operate
GA
Grant Agreement
GDP
Gross domestic product
GDPR
General Data Protection Regulation
GPU
Graphics Processing Unit
gRPC
gRPC Remote Procedure Calls
GUI
Graphical User Interface
HDL
High-Definition LiDAR
HPC
High Performance Computing
HSM
Hardware Security Module
HTML
Hypertext Markup Language
I4MS
ICT Innovation for Manufacturing SMEs
IACS
Industrial Automation and Control Systems
ICT
Information and Communications Technology
ID
Identifier
IDSA
International Data Spaces Association
IEC
International Electrotechnical Commission
IEEE
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
IIC
Industrial Internet Consortium
IIoT
Industrial Internet of Things
IIRA
Industrial Internet Reference Architecture
IIS
Industrial Internet System
IM
Innovation Manager
IMC
Innovation Management Committee
IMSA
Intelligent Manufacturing System Architecture
IoT
Internet of Things
IP
Intellectual Property
IP
Intellectual property
IPR
Intellectual property rights
ISO
International Organization for Standardization
IT
Information Technology
JSON
JavaScript Object Notation
KER
Key Exploitable Result
KPI
Key Performance Indicator
LM
Legal Manager
MASON
Manufacturing's Semantics Ontology
MDA
Manufacturing Data Analytics
MDC
Manufacturing Data Consistency
MDI
Manufacturing Data Integrity
MDV
Manufacturing Devices & Virtualisation
MES
Manufacture Execution System
ML
Machine Learning
MQA
Manufacturing Quality Assurance
MQR
Manufacturing Line Qualification and Reconfiguration
MQTT
Message Queuing Telemetry Transport
MS
Milestone
NA
Not applicable
NPI
New Product Introduction
OEE
Overall Equipment Effectiveness
AI
Artificial Intelligence
AAS
Asset Administration Shell
AB
Advisory board
AF
Architecture Framework
API
Application Programming Interface
AQ
Autonomous Quality
AS
Aerospace Standard
AWS
Amazon Web Services
B2MML
Business To Manufacturing Markup Language
BDA
Big Data Analytics
BDVA
Big Data Value Association
C2NET
Cloud Collaborative Manufacturing Networks
CA
Consortium Agreement
CAEX
Computer Aided Engineering Exchange
CEN
European Committee for Standardization
CENELEC
European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization
CEP
Complex Event Processing
CISO
Chief Information Security Officer
CLI
Command Line Interface
CNC
Computer Numerical Control
CO
Consortium confidential
COLLADA
Collaborative Design Activity
CPM
Continuous Process Monitoring
CPQ
Continuous Process Qualification
CPS
Cyber Physical System
CPV
Critical Process Variable
CREMA
Cloud-based Rapid Elastic Manufacturing
CWA
CEN Workshop Agreement
DAIRO
Data, AI and Robotics Association
DB
Database
DEM or DEMO
Demonstrator
DFA
Digital Factory Alliance
DLT
Distributed Ledger Technologies
DM
Data Manager
DMP
Data management plan
DoA
Description of Action
DSA
Digital Shopfloor Alliance
DS-RA
Digital Service Reference Architecture
DSS
Decision Support System
DT
Digital Transformation
EB
Executive Board
EC
European Commission
EDQ
Enterprise Data Quality
EFFRA
European Factories of the Future Research Association
ERP
Enterprise Resource Planning
EU
European Union
FaaS
Fog as a Service
FMI
Functional Mock-up Interface
FMS
Factory Management System
FMU
Functional Mock up Units
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