Smart City Developer Dictionary
CollectIon of short definitions
This article collects short definitions about every aspect of the smart city, every new and innovative technology, solution, and principle that may be used in the development of our cities, our business, and maybe ourselves. Glossary, dictionary, terms.
A – like Absolute
Absolute in meaning related to smart cities is about to make things around cities and processes of infrastructure as closest to the absolute order as possible.
AquaponicsAquaponics is a combined method of growing fish and plants together in a recirculating ecosystem using natural bacterial cycles to
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Alternative energyWhat is alternative energy? Energy resources are divided into non-renewable and renewable according to their ability to be obtained quickly
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AMQPAdvanced Message Queuing Protocol (AMQP) - is an open application layer protocol for message-oriented middleware with a focus on queuing,
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Application agentsApplication agents help address the lack of overhead for an end-to-end, peer-to-peer network in an IoT architecture. They help manage
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B – like Bee
Bee is one of the most interesting self-organized structures in the world. This behavior makes bee smart with the most efficient infrastructure and communication with the lowest consumption of energy. Interesting, isn’t it?
BiodiversityBiodiversity characterizes the entire diversity of life forms on our planet. This is why it is also known as biodiversity
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biophilic designbiophilic design is an innovative method of design that incorporates elements of nature into modern design to help restore and
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Bike shareBike share innovative transportation programs that are ideal for short-distance trips provided users the ability to pick up a bike
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Bike barometerbike barometer – a device that uses sensors that are calibrated to be triggered by bikes, not cars or pedestrians,
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BifurcationBifurcation is applied to the mathematical study of dynamical systems; a bifurcation occurs when a small smooth change made to
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BiomimicryBiomimicry is the science of applying nature-inspired designs in human engineering and invention to solve human problems.
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Biophilic cityA city that contains abundant nature; care about, seek to protect, restore and grow this nature, and that strive to
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C – like Cycle
The cycle is the most important part of continuous development. Doing things in a cycle cause a repetitive effect that allows improving innovation. Cycle allows continuously remove problems caused by changes of the previous cycle.
Compact CityCompact city – An urban planning and urban design concept, which promotes relatively high residential density with mixed land uses.
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Carbon taxCarbon tax – A tax on fossil fuels, especially those used by motor vehicles, intended to reduce the emission of
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D – like Deep
As deepest is the participation of three key parties in the development of their city, so better the quality of final results is. The key participant of Smart City development committee is Government, Citizens, and Business.
Data lakeData lakes and data warehouses are widely used for storing big data, but they are not interchangeable terms. A data
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District coolingSince demand for district heating is lower in the warm months of the year, redundant waste heat is fed through
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District heatingIn district heating systems, the heat produced as a by-product of power generation and waste incineration is generally transported using...
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Digital twinDigital twins are virtual simulations of physical objects and systems. They model the properties and behavior of these real-world objects...
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E – like Environment
The environment in Smart Cities is the natural part of the planet. To make the city sustainable and citizens life quality on the highest possible level, the environment is the key part with the most sensitive monitoring.
EcotourismEcotourism is nature-based tourism that includes environmental education and awareness programs and is conducted by the principles of environmental sustainability.
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Eco-cityFeatures of an eco-city. A sustainable, stable, or ecological city is built to minimize the negative impact on the environment.
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Electric carWhat is an electric vehicle? There are probably fewer and fewer people in today’s world who have never heard of
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Edge LayerEdge Layer An architectural shift in IoT that breaks the norm of the traditional client-server model. The edge layer is
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Dynamic pricingDynamic pricing also referred to as demand-based pricing, is a pricing strategy in which flexible prices for products or services
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Environmental healthEnvironmental health is the study of how environmental factors can harm human health and how to identify, prevent, and control
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Edge GatewayEdge Gateway is the connecting factor between analytical devices and cloud data processing and analysis. A virtual router that connects
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Embedded Device/SystemsEmbedded devices/systems: a computer with a dedicated function within a larger mechanical or electrical system. They are usually embedded as
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F – like Friendly
Smart Cities development is a step in the evolution of cities to deliver higher life quality to citizens. When life comfort is on a higher level, people are more conscious and friendly. The key aspects of the global piece.
First and last mileFirst and last-mile – gaps in public transit require individuals to use other forms of transportation such as driving their
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Food desertFood desert, also calls a food mile occurs when residents live more than one mile from a supermarket or large
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Fresh air corridorZones that are kept undeveloped provide inner-city districts with a circulating supply of fresh air. Development in these zones...
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Final Energy ConsumptionFinal energy is the energy generated from converting primary energy sources, such as coal, lignite, crude oil, natural gas, hydropower,...
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G – like Global
Global Smart Cities strategy to open the possibility to learn from lessons of other cities. The global strategy of Smart Cities is the most effective tool to reach environmental sustainability in minimal time consumption.
Green buildingGreen building – an environmentally sustainable building, designed, constructed, and operated to minimize the total environmental impacts. The ideology of
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Green building materialsGreen building materials – Composed of renewable and/or recycled materials, rather than nonrenewable resources. What kinds of green building materials
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GreenscapeGreenscape – an area of vegetation in an urban area set aside for aesthetic or recreational purposes. “The function of
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H – like Healthy
Smart Cities are healthy cities. Healthy and natural environment, with satisfied and healthy citizens. It is the way of global development direction, although, probably these days this aspect pretty lag…
Hybrid carA hybrid car is a vehicle that is powered simultaneously by an internal combustion engine and an electric motor. In
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Haze computingHaze Computing – A dynamic model for analytics applications in which the application from the data source analyzes a pooled
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Home automationHome automation: a combination of hardware and software solutions that enable the control and management of electronics, appliances, and devices
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Health disparitiesHealth disparities are preventable differences in the burden of disease,injury, violence, or opportunities to achieve optimal health that are experienced
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Health equityHealth equity is achieved when every person has the opportunity to attain his or her full health potential and no
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Hyper-local data Hyper-local data refers to the data that is more specific and relates to a smaller geographical area than 'local' data.
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Heat pumpHeat pumps take heat energy from water, the ground, or the air, bring it to a usable temperature, and transfer
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I – like Individual
The individual does not mean separate. Smart Cities should open the possibility for individual ideas with the collective support of the idea application. In history, all inventions have been found mainly by individuals.
IIoTIIoT – from the English Industrial IoT. Loosely translated the Internet of Things is for industrial use. From the deployment
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InclusivityInclusivity an intention or policy of including people who might otherwise be excluded or marginalized, such as those who are
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IntermodalityRefers to the combination of multiple modes of transport in a seamless travel chain, e.g. traveling to the rail or
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J – like Joy
Did you ever make something important or interesting without the Joy of that? Impossible. Great things are born only when the individual or collective feel Joyful. Smart Cities’ strategy should follow this development constraint.
JokeJoke – a short, humorous story with a word or phrase that ends it and causes laughter. Research into the
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JoyJoy the emotion of great delight or happiness caused by something exceptionally good or satisfying
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K – like key
The Key of Smart City is the highest quality of infrastructure, the most natural environment, the most sustainable usage of resources, and the happiest citizens living in the city.
KeennessKeenness has a great ability to see clearly and understand. Very sensitive, responsive, or alert.
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KeeperKeeper – a person who owns or operates a business (usually used in combination): A person who assumes responsibility for
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L – like Liology
Liology, or often also called Li is a Chinese ancient study about the geometry of nature. This geometry should be used in future cities development as it is self-organized, the most efficient, and with the lowest energy consumption. Everything in nature is constructed in the logic of these geometry principles.
living buildingliving building – a concept that uses nature as the ultimate measuring stick for a building’s performance.
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Low-Power DevicesLow-Power Devices: electronics that have been designed to consume less energy than traditional devices. This is essential to the future
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LogoLogo – a specially designed original lettering of the full or abbreviated name of a company or a group of
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low carbon cityA low-carbon city reduces its carbon footprint by focusing on renewable energy and mitigation measures. The “green” aspects of comprehensive
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M – like Matter
In the current strategies this is not an aspect of the discussion, although, with the transition of human-thinking in quantum logic, the matter and anti-matter should become part of Smart Cities development logic.
Monitoring (social)Monitoring – the act of periodically checking processes, equipment, and environment to detect any changes *NOTE: Checking can include process
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Multi-modal transportMulti-modal transport – simply a system that facilitates various transport options, such as cycling, bus, light rail, train, ferry, or
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Municipal servicesServices that municipalities provide depend partly on the size of the town or city but typically include a school system,
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MultimodalityRefers to the routine use of different modes of transport for different journeys over a specific period, which usually varies
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N – like Neutral
Neural systems from the micro and macro perspective are the decentralized system of organization and communication between units in cities, as well from a global perspective. It is the fastest connection between N-units.
NB-IoTNB-IoT network for data transmission. Like LoRa or SigFox, it focuses on maximizing the efficiency of data transmission. The batteries
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Normalcy biasThe difficulty to comprehend the fact that a disaster is occurring. Two misconceptions work against this principle and lead to
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O – like Open
A modern city development gets in the principles of open policies. the open and transparent approach gives the possibility to share lessons learned between cities and countries and gives an advantage of higher development speed.
Open dataOpen data – data that is freely available for everyone to use without copyright, patent, or other restrictions. The term
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Open Governance StrategyOpen government initiatives are “actions undertaken by the government, or by a single public institution, to achieve specific objectives in...
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Open government dataOpen government data are data collected by the public administration – including, e.g., geodata, traffic data, and environmental, budget,...
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P – like Proactive
The proactive approach uses predictive models, these days with the application of machine learning and artificial intelligence tools. Proactive management of cities allows to make an action before, rather than reactive that’s more costly and with higher consumption of physical or mental resource energy.
High albedo pavementHigh albedo concrete is a special type of pavement that reflects more light than dark-colored materials due to its lighter
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Predictive analyticsStatistical and analytical techniques used to develop models that predict future events or behaviours. The form of these predictive models...
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Q – Quantum
Future connection, communication, and interaction between elements of global infrastructure are in the quantum technologies and people progress on the quantum-based physical laws use in a commercial environment.
QuicklyQuickly – done, proceeding, or occurring with promptness or rapidity.
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Quality of lifeA broad multidimensional concept that usually includes subjective evaluations of both positive and negative aspects of life.
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R – like Responsible
Smart City project implementation relies on the responsible participation of every human being connected or even not connected in the process of global cities development.
EIoTEnterprise IoT (EIoT) refers to all devices that are used in enterprise and business environments, where they are typically part
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Resilient cityOne that has developed capacities to help absorb future shocks and stresses to its social, economic, and technical systems and
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Responsibilities of CityResponsibilities City responsibilities are key domains within which city governments and their private sector partners provide services to...
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RenewablesThis term defines energy sources that are constantly renewed or replenished and hence are permanently available. Renewables include sunlight
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S – like Sustainable
Sustainable resource usage is the global strategy of production and consumption management. Sustainable cities are cities that are self-sufficient to operate with their own production and efficient external resource in/out cycle.
Solar powerSolar power is one of the largest alternative energy and renewable energy sources (RES) segments. Today, it is customary to
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SustainabilitySustainability – the maintenance and betterment of the ecological, social, and economic health of a city. “Sustainability” is a completely
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Solar citySolar city – a city actively using solar energy to reduce or replace fossil fuels. An American energy company based
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Smart networksSmart networks a network that contains built-in diagnostics, management, fault tolerance, and other capabilities to prevent downtime and maintain efficient
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Sense of placeSense of place is either the intrinsic character of a place, or the meaning people give to it, but, more
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SensorsThe sensor is an electronic component, module, or subsystem is used to detect events, triggers, or changes in the surrounding
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T – like Territorial
Continents, Territories, Countries, Cities, and Villages – all these segments participate in the global cities’ development strategy. Developing their infrastructure from a technology and social perspective.
TelematicsOne connected technology solution that plays a significant role in the development of smart cities is vehicle telematics.
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U – like Unique
Every city is unique and every city has it’s own historical, geo-cultural, infrastructure, and social specifics. All these aspects are part of tracking the smart cities’ infrastructure quality.
UNB networkUNB network is a type of LPWAN pioneered by Telensa to connect smart city sensors and controls at low cost
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UrbanizationUrbanization refers to the population shift from rural to urban areas, the gradual increase in the proportion of people living
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Urban ecologyUrban ecology is the scientific study of the relation of living organisms with each other and their surroundings in the
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Urban regenerationIntegrated vision and action lead to the resolution of urban problems and which seeks to bring about a lasting improvement
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Urban miningDensely built-up urban areas are vast “repositories” or “banks” of raw materials. Urban mining is a concept for the systematic
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Urban farmingGeneric term for different types of primary food production in urban conurbations and their immediate hinterland...
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V – like Virtual
Virtualization of cities’, industrials’, and infrastructure and resources give an advantage of extreme optimization of qualification management and bring cities, services, and product development speed. Deliver better products and services across continents.
Vibration energyVibration energy harvesting is the technique to scavenge energy from unwanted vibration occurrences in the environment.
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VisionaryA visionary is someone with a strong vision of the future. Since such visions aren't always accurate, a visionary's ideas
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W – like World
The world becomes smarter through technologies, innovation, but mainly through a consciousness of people by their natural evolution. People are getting smarter, and naturally, also cities and the environment around become better.
Waste-to-energyWaste-to-energy incineration of municipal solid waste that then uses the energy (in the form of heat) to produce electricity and/or
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Wildlife corridorsRoutes designed to facilitate the migration and free movement of wildlife in and around urban areas, i.e. green belts, land
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WorkabilityA measure of the viability of a smart city application relating to economic competitiveness and productivity.
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X – like Xenogeny
Xeonegny – production of offspring completely unlike either parent. Smart Cities of the future relates to every of the next generation. Experiments in Smart Cities of these days develop a strategy for these, but mainly next generation. Smart Cities – it is education for better development of cities and the world.
XenocurrencyXenocurrency – a currency that trades in foreign markets. For example, Euros trade in American markets, making the Euro a
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Y – like You
I and You are about the interaction and connection quality between us. Mental and physical interaction in human understanding is very similar to the organization of the macro-infrastructure of these days.
YupcapYupcap – stands for Young Urban Professionals Who Can’t Afford Property. Yupcaps are usually in their 20s and early 30s.
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Z – like Zero
Zero-emission, zero waste, zero-carbon, zero negative around us, and zero impact to the environment self-organized infrastructure are the environment keys of Smart Cities development strategy.
Zero carbon cityA zero-carbon city runs entirely on renewable energy; it has no carbon footprint and will in this respect not cause
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Zero waste cityTo keep up with the times and modern minimalist design that features spaciousness and easy maintenance, try to keep only
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Zero energy cityA city with zero net energy consumption, meaning the total amount of energy used by the city on an annual
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