Terms and Acronyms

Updated on 07 Aug 2023
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Refer to this table for a description of commonly used abbreviations, terms, and acronyms.

Name	Decription
Active Session Data	Data that comes from synthetic measurements
Card	Within Dashboard and/or Section contains 1+ widgets
Connector	The Roadrunner configuration element
CSV	Comma Separated Variables (a file format)
Dashboard	The method of presenting macro network views
DS	Destination to source. Metrics with this directionality represents the packet stats seen starting from the destination back to the source. Previously called R2P
Flowmeter	A protocol for monitoring network throughput
Granularity	Setting that controls the amount of detailed data to display
Monitored Object	A network element that generates performance data
NON	No direction
P2R/R2P/RT	Peer to Reflector / Reflector to Peer / Round Trip
Passive Capture Data	Data that comes from On-prem and Cloud sensors
PL	Packet Loss
Roadrunner	Software agent that monitors, polls & transfers raw data files
RT	Round trip. Metrics with this directionality represent the packet stats seen between the source back to itself
SD	Source to destination. Metrics with this directionality represents the packet stats seen as they arrive at the destination. Previously called P2R
Section	Within Dashboard contains cards
SLA	Service Level Agreement
SLM	Synthetic Loss Measurement
TWAMP	A protocol for monitoring network performance
Widget	Within card contains way to display metric (line, number, etc)

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