Below you will find some important terms used in remote.it documentation and applications.
| Term | Definition | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Networked device | A physical object, generally speaking a computing device with a network connection, upon which you install remote.it software, for the purpose of making a remote Connection |
Raspberry Pi Windows PC Linux PC macOS laptop |
| Proxy connection | A type of remote.it Service which remaps the port | proxy13.rt3.io:34015 |
| Reverse proxy connection | A type of remote.it Service, used only to connect to web servers, which does not remap the port | https://g4kze39djt2j3ck.p18.rt3.io/ |
| remote.it Service |
The combination of a hostname and port (except for reverse proxies), which you use in your client program or browser to connect to an Application |
localhost:33000 proxy13.rt3.io:34015 https://g4kze39djt2j3ck.p18.rt3.io/ |
| Connection | The functional description of the remote.it Service you are using |
SSH Connection VNC Connection |
| Application | An program running on the networked device, to which you make a Connection. |
sshd node-red nginx RealVNC Server Remote Desktop Server |
| Device | A grouping of remote.it Service, whose name appears in the remote.it web portal or client applications, allowing you to select it to make a Connection, run a script, etc. |
Raspberry Pi #001 Joe's Windows Laptop AWS Ubuntu instance #7 |