Glossary
- AES
- Advanced Encryption Standard
- API
- application programming interface
- ASCII
- American Standard Code for Information Interchange
- BCC
- blind carbon copy
- BlackBerry CAL
- A BlackBerry® Client Access License (BlackBerry CAL) limits how many users you can add to a BlackBerry® Enterprise Server.
- BlackBerry Domain
- A BlackBerry Domain consists of the BlackBerry Configuration Database with its users and any BlackBerry® Enterprise Server instances that connect to it.
- BlackBerry MDS
- BlackBerry® Mobile Data System
- CMIME
- Compressed Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension
- CRL
- certificate revocation list
- DES
- Data Encryption Standard
- DMZ
- A demilitarized zone (DMZ) is a neutral subnetwork outside of an organization's firewall. It exists between the trusted LAN of the organization and the untrusted external wireless network and public Internet.
- DNS
- A Domain Name System (DNS) is an Internet database that translates domain names that are meaningful and recognizable by people into the numeric IP addresses that the Internet uses.
- DOM
- Document Object Model
- GAL
- Global Address List
- gateway message envelope
- The gateway message envelope protocol is a Research In Motion proprietary protocol that allows the transfer of compressed and encrypted data between the wireless network and BlackBerry devices. The protocol defines a routing layer that specifies the types of message contents allowed and the addressing information for the data. Gateways and routing components use this information to identify the type and source of the BlackBerry device data, and the appropriate destination service to route the data to.
- HTML
- Hypertext Markup Language
- HTTP
- Hypertext Transfer Protocol
- HTTPS
- Hypertext Transfer Protocol over Secure Sockets Layer
- IP address
- An Internet Protocol (IP) address is an identification number that each computer or mobile device uses when it sends or receives information over a network, such as the Internet. This identification number identifies the specific computer or mobile device on the network.
- IPPP
- Internet Protocol Proxy Protocol
- LAN
- local area network
- LDAP
- Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
- LTPA
- Lightweight Third-Party Authentication
- messaging server
- A messaging server sends and processes messages and provides collaboration services, such as updating and communicating calendar and address book information.
- mirror database
- In database mirroring, a mirror database is a standby copy of a principal database.
- MIME
- Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
- NTLM
- NT LAN Manager
- OCSP
- Online Certificate Status Protocol
- PAP
- Push Access Protocol
- PIM
- personal information management
- PIN
- personal identification number
- principal database
- In database mirroring, a principal database is the database that starts the mirroring session.
- S/MIME
- Secure Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
- SMS
- Short Message Service
- SNMP
- Simple Network Management Protocol
- SRP
- Server Routing Protocol
- SSL
- Secure Sockets Layer
- TCP
- Transmission Control Protocol
- TLS
- Transport Layer Security
- Triple DES
- Triple Data Encryption Standard
- UDP
- User Datagram Protocol
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