Certification
Acronyms
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ACL: access control list
AES: Advanced Encryption Standard
APB: All Point Bulletin
API: Application Programming Interface
BCC: blind carbon copy
BEUI: BIOS Extended User Interface
BIOS: Basic Input/Output System
BIPPe: BlackBerry inter-process protocol encryption
BTSC: BlackBerry Technical Solution Center
CA: certificate authority
CAL: client access license
CAPI: Certificate Application Protocol Interface
CDO: Collaboration Data Object
CEO: chief executive officer
CHAP: Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
CMIME: Compressed Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
COM: communications port
CPU: central processing unit
CRL: certificate revocation list
DES: Data Encryption Standard
DRM: Digital Rights Management
DMZ: demilitarized zone
DSN: data source name
EAP: Extensible Authentication Protocol
EAP-FAST: Extensible Authentication Protocol Flexible Authentication via Secure
Tunneling
EAP-GTC: Extensible Authentication Protocol Generic Token Card
EAP-MSCHAPv2: Extensible Authentication Protocol Microsoft Challenge
Handshake Authentication Protocol version 2
EAP-TLS: Extensible Authentication Protocol Transport Layer Security
EAP-TTLS: Extensible Authentication Protocol Tunneled Transport Layer Security
EDGE: Enhanced Data Rates for Global Evolution
ES: Enterprise Service
ESP: Enterprise Service Policy
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ESN: electronic serial number
FAST: Flexible Authentication via Secure Tunneling
FIPS: Federal Information Processing Standards
FPA-PSK
GAL: Global Address List
GPRS: General Packet Radio Service
GPS: Global Positioning System
GSM: Global System for Mobile Communications
GTC: Generic Token Card
HTTP: Hypertext Transfer Protocol
HTTPS: Hypertext Transfer Protocol over Secure Sockets Layer
ICCID: Integrated Circuit Card Identifier
IM: instant messaging
IMAP: Internet Message Access Protocol
IMEI: International Mobile Equipment Identity
IP: Internet Protocol
IPX/SPX: Internetwork Packet Exchange / Sequenced Packet Exchange
JRE: Java Runtime Environment
JVM: Java Virtual Machine
KB: knowledge base
LAN: local area network
LCS: Live Communications Server
LDAP: Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
LED: light-emitting diode
MAPI: Messaging Application Programming Interface
Mbps: Megabits per second
MDAC: Microsoft Data Access Components
MDS: Mobile Data System OR Mobile Data Service
MicroSD: Micro SanDisk
MIME: Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
MMC: MultiMediaCard
MMS: Multimedia Messaging Service
MMX: Multimedia Extensions
MSCHAPv2: Microsoft Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol version 2
MSDE: Microsoft SQL Server Desktop Engine
MSMQ: Microsoft Message Queuing
MSI: MicroSoft Installer
NSD: Notes System Diagnostics
NRPC: Notes Remote Procedure Call
NSD: National Signal Databases
NTLM: NT LAN Manager
OAPI: object application programming interface
OCSP: Online Certificate Status Protocol
ODBC: Open Database Connectivity
OS: operating system
OSD: on-screen display
OTAFM: over the air folder management
PEAP: Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol
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PGP: Pretty Good Privacy
PIM: personal information management
PIN: personal identification number
POP: Post Office Protocol
PSK: pre-shared key
RAM: random access memory
RDP: Remote Desktop Protocol
RIM: Research In Motion
RPC: Remote Procedure Call
RRS: Revised Report on Scheme
RSA: Rural Service Area
SCVP: Simple Certificate Validation Protocol and/or Server-based Certificate
Validation Protocol
SIM: Subscriber Identity Module
S/MIME: Secure Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
SMS: Short Message Service
SMTP: Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
SNMP: Simple Network Management Protocol
SOAP: Simple Object Access Protocol
SP: service pack
SQL: Structured Query Language
SRP: Server Routing Protocol
SSID: service set identifier
SSL: Secure Sockets Layer
TCP: Transmission Control Protocol
TCP/IP: Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
TLS: Transport Layer Security
TTLS: Tunneled Transport Layer Security
UDP: User Datagram Protocol
UID: unique identifier
UMA: Unlicensed Mobile Access
URL: Uniform Resource Locator
USB: Universal Serial Bus
USSD: Unstructured Supplementary Service Data
VINES: Virtual Integrated Network Service
VIA: Virtual Interface Adapter
VNC: Virtual Network Connection
VPN: virtual private network
WAP: Wireless Application Protocol
WAN: wide area network
WEP: Wired Equivalent Privacy
WLAN: wireless local area network
XML: Extensible Markup Language