CoAP

hardware

Constrained Application Protocol — a specialised web transfer protocol for use with constrained nodes and networks in IoT environments

Pronunciation

Correct

KOH-ap

/ˈkoʊæp/

Pronounced as a single word, rhyming with 'co-app'. Defined in RFC 7252.

Source: datatracker.ietf.org(official spec)

Accepted Variant

C-O-A-P

/siː oʊ eɪ piː/

Some practitioners spell it out as an initialism, though the single-word pronunciation is more common.