- All IPC functions start with Tipc.
- All SmartSockets message type numbers start with T_MT_. In the text, message types are frequently referred to without the T_MT_ prefix. In code however, they are always referred to with their full names.
- Most IPC typedefs, enumerated values, and defines start with T_IPC_.
- All message functions start with TipcMsg.
- All message type functions start with TipcMt.
- All connection functions start with TipcConn.
- All functions that communicate with RTserver using global connections start with TipcSrv.
- All functions that communicate with RTserver using multiple connections start with TipcSrvConn.
- All monitoring functions using global connections start with TipcMon.
- All monitoring functions using multiple connections start with TipcSrvMon.