Glossary
• Action: A single instruction which stands for a particular movement (such as 'move forward/backward/left/right').
• Bluetooth: Standard communications protocol primarily designed for low power consumption, used for short range wireless communication.
• Doxygen: A documentation generation system that is compatible with a variety of programming languages.
• CCM: Central Control Module – The central module in the Station Software. It interacts with all the other modules to provide the features for the station operator.
• GUI: Graphical User Interface - An interactive interface that uses a combination of text and graphical widgets (such as images, menus, buttons, etc) to accept input and display output.
• Motion Command: An instruction indication a single movement instruction.
• Motion Plan: A set of instructions (movement commands) that define a movement path and in particular, for this project it is the path that a remote controlled robot should follow.
• NXT: See definition for "Robot."
• RCR: Remote Controlled Robot - The system being developed, in which an individual uses a software program (the station software) to remotely control a programmed Lego robot.
• Robot: A Lego Mindstorms robot of the NXT generation.
• Station: Refers to the computer station running the interface software.
• SVN: Subversion - a version control system used to maintain current and old source code/documents/web pages.
• Wiki: A wiki is software that allows users to create, edit, and link web pages easily. Project wiki: http://cs3720.pbwiki.com
• VB: Visual Basic - a programming language that allows for the rapid development of Windows based programs. VB is particularly strong at creating front-ends or interface systems.
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