Glossary
- API
- application programming interface
- application storage
- Application storage is internal to the BlackBerry device. It contains the operating system, BlackBerry® JVM, and an internal file system. Application storage is also known as flash memory and onboard memory. Applications on a BlackBerry device can be run only from the application storage. All BlackBerry devices have application storage.
- BlackBerry device memory
- The BlackBerry device memory consists of the NV store, flash memory, RAM, on-board device memory, and BlackBerry device key store.
- built-in media storage
- Built-in media storage is a storage location on an eMMC. It is not removable. A FAT file system is mounted on the built-in media card. Built-in media storage is also called internal media memory and onboard device memory.
- content protection
- Content protection helps protect user data on a locked BlackBerry device by encrypting the user data using the content protection key and ECC private key.
- device transport key
- The device transport key (formerly known as the master encryption key) is unique to a BlackBerry device. The BlackBerry device and BlackBerry® Enterprise Server use the device transport key to encrypt the message keys.
- ECC
- Elliptic Curve Cryptography
- eMMC
- embedded MultiMediaCard
- FAT
- File Allocation Table
- IT administration command
- An IT administration command is a command that you can send over the wireless network to protect sensitive information on a BlackBerry device or delete all BlackBerry device data.
- IT policy
- An IT policy consists of various IT policy rules that control the security features and behavior of BlackBerry smartphones, BlackBerry® PlayBook™ tablets, the BlackBerry® Desktop Software, and the BlackBerry® Web Desktop Manager.
- IT policy public key
- The IT policy public key is a key that a BlackBerry device uses to authenticate the IT policy that the BlackBerry® Enterprise Server sends.
- IT policy rule
- An IT policy rule permits you to customize and control the actions that BlackBerry smartphones, BlackBerry® PlayBook™ tablets, the BlackBerry® Desktop Software, and the BlackBerry® Web Desktop Manager can perform.
- JVM
- Java® Virtual Machine
- LAN
- A local area network (LAN) is a computer network shared by a group of computers in a small area, such as an office building. Any computer in this network can communicate with another computer that is part of the same network.
- LDAP
- Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
- MMS
- Multimedia Messaging Service
- NV store
- The NV store is a nonvolatile store that persists in application storage on a BlackBerry device. Only the operating system of the BlackBerry device can write to it. Third-party applications cannot write to the NV store.
- persistent store in flash memory
- The persistent store in flash memory stores data for a BlackBerry device. By default, third-party applications cannot access the persistent store. When it deletes all device data, the BlackBerry device deletes the data in the persistent store.
- PIN
- personal identification number
- principal encryption key
- The principal encryption key encrypts the device transport key when a BlackBerry device is locked if content protection is turned on.
- service books
- Service books determine which services are available on BlackBerry devices or BlackBerry enabled devices.
- SMS
- Short Message Service
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