3.3 Abbreviated terms

CNCComputerized Numerical Control
ERPEnterprise Resource Planning
HMIHuman Machine Interface
HTTPHypertext Transfer Protocol
IPInternet Protocol
MESManufacturing Execution System
OPC UAOpen Platform Communications Unified Architecture
PLCProgramable Logical Controller
PMSProduction Management System
TCPTransmission Control Protocol
UMLUnified Modelling Language
URIUniform Resource Identifier
VDMAGerman Mechanical Engineering Industry Association

(OL: Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und Anlagenbau)

XMLExtensible Markup Language