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GATT

GATT

8.1
A Bluetooth system that tells devices how to share data using services and small parts called characteristics
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : perfil de atributos genéricos
  • Bluetooth devices use the GATT to exchange information through defined services and attributes.

Examples

  • The GATT defines how devices communicate by organizing data into services and characteristics.

  • By following the GATT, developers can ensure proper data transfer in Bluetooth applications.

  • In fact, the designers of the GATT knew exactly what they were doing because it is a lot harder to write a check for a government.

    Academic text (1998)

Synonyms

protocol
vsGATT
  • Specialized
106 5.3

Rules that tell computers and other devices how to send and receive data

is a specific profile organizing data with services, characteristics, and descriptors in Bluetooth Low Energy
communications protocol
vsGATT
  • Specialized
1 4.1

A set of rules that tell devices how to send and receive information over a network

is narrower, focusing on organizing data with services and descriptors in Bluetooth Low Energy

Surface Forms

GATT singular
GATTs plural

Etymology

GATT stands for Generic Attribute Profile, which is a simple set of rules that gives a 'map' of small pieces of data on a device so another device knows how to read them. So, in Bluetooth GATT is the guide that tells devices how to find and share those small data items.