UART	- universal asynchronous reseiver-transmitter
FPGA	- field-programmable gate array
bluetooth -  short-range radio technology aimed at
             simplifying communications among Net devices and between
             devices and the Internet.
MEMS	- micro electromechanical sensor
NSD 	- networked sensor device
TND	- tiny network devices
DAC	- digital to analog converter
ASIC	- application-specific integrated circuit
SRAM	- static RAM
EEPROM	- electrically erasable programmable read-only
          memory
DSP	- digital signal processing 
	  refers to manipulating
          analog information, such as sound or photographs that has been
          converted into a digital form.
SAN	- Storage Area Network is a high-speed subnetwork of shared
          storage devices. A storage device is a machine that contains
	  nothing but a disk or disks for storing data. 
MPP	- massively parallel processing
CLUMPS	- cluster of SMPs
OSPF	- open Shortest Path First is a routing protocol developed for IP
          networks based on the shortest path first or link-state algorithm. 
IC	- integrated circuits - another name for a chip
CRC	- cyclic redundancy check