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“savants”
1. Someone who is a profound or extensive learner; a scholar: A savant is considered to be well-versed in literature or science, and often with an exceptional skill in a specialized field of education.
2. Etymology: from Latin sapere "to be wise"; and savant "a learned man" which is a noun use of the adjective form savant "learned, knowing."
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2. Etymology: from Latin sapere "to be wise"; and savant "a learned man" which is a noun use of the adjective form savant "learned, knowing."
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savants
Middleware created by the Auto-ID Center to filter data from EPC readers and pass it on to enterprise systems.
It was envisioned that "Savants" would reside on servers across the EPC Network and pass data to one another and act as a kind of nervous system for the network.
The term is being phased out by EPC Global and many of the functions of Savants are being incorporated in commercial middleware products.
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Radio Frequency Identification (RFID): Definitions
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(formerly termed idiot savants)
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Autistic Savants
Formerly termed idiot savants unit.
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