Glossary

Incandescent lamp

Lamp consisting of a glass bulb, under vacuum or filled with nitrogen or an inert gas, and a tungsten filament. Due to their low energy efficiency, sales of incandescent lamps were banned in the EU starting from 2012

Interworking

The situation where products sending and receiving messages can properly understand signals and react on them without additional equipment (source: www.knx.org)

IoT

Internet of Things, the massive networking including different things and devices accessible virtually over the Internet. IoT is closely linked to M2M (Machine-to-Machine) technologies, the key factor for its realization

ISO/OSI model

Model of subdivision of a communication system in different levels used by KNX

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