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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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