Glossary
- ADN
- An abbreviated dialing number (ADN) is a short telephone number, such as 911 or 112, that is used to reach public services.
- APN
- access point name
- BCC
- blind carbon copy
- BlackBerry enabled device
- A BlackBerry enabled device is a device with BlackBerry®
Connect™
software, a device with BlackBerry® Built-In™ software, or a
device
that is running the BlackBerry® Application Suite. BlackBerry
enabled
devices provide users with access to BlackBerry device
applications and BlackBerry services.
- BlackBerry MDS
- BlackBerry® Mobile Data System
- CC
- carbon copy
- CDMA
- Code Division Multiple Access
- certificate
- A certificate is a digital document that binds the identity and public key of a certificate subject. Each certificate has an corresponding private key that is stored separately. A certificate authority signs the certificate to indicate that it is authentic and can be trusted.
- CMIME
- Compressed Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
- CRL
- certificate revocation list
- CRL server
- A BlackBerry® device uses a CRL server to check the most
recently published revocation status of a certificate. Certificate
authorities publish certificate revocation lists on CRL servers.
- DSA
- Digital Signature Algorithm
- ECC
- Elliptic Curve Cryptography
- FDN
- Fixed Dialing Number
- FIPS
- Federal Information Processing Standards
- GPS
- Global Positioning System
- GSM
- Global System for Mobile communications®
- HTTP
- Hypertext Transfer Protocol
- IP
- Internet Protocol
- LDAP
- Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
- LDAP certificate server
- A BlackBerry® device uses an LDAP certificate server to
search for and download certificates and PGP® keys.
- LED
- light-emitting diode
- mass storage mode
- Mass storage mode enables users to transfer files between a media card and their computer when they connect their BlackBerry device to their computer.
- MCC
- mobile country code
- MMS
- Multimedia Messaging Service
- MNC
- mobile network code
- MTP
- Media Transfer Protocol
- OCSP
- Online Certificate Status Protocol
- OCSP server
- A BlackBerry® device uses an OCSP server to check the
revocation status of a certificate on demand.
- personal certificate
- A personal certificate is a certificate that a certificate
authority
assigns to a user.
- personal PGP key
- A personal PGP® key is made up of a PGP public
key and PGP private key for a user.
- PIN
- personal identification number
- private key
- A private key is a key that only the certificate subject can use.
Private key information is not distributed publically.
BlackBerry® devices use private keys to sign email
messages or PIN messages that users send and to decrypt email
messages that users receive.
- public key
- A public key is a key that people other than the certificate
subject can use. BlackBerry® devices
use public keys to encrypt email messages or PIN messages that
users send to certificate subjects and to verify the signature on
email messages or PIN messages that users receive from certificate
subjects.
- root certificate
- A root certificate is a self-signed certificate and usually belongs
to a certificate authority.
- SAN
- subject alternative name
- SDN
- A service dialing number (SDN) is a number that is preloaded on your SIM card by your wireless
service provider that you can use to access information about
your device service, such as the current call forwarding status.
- SHA
- Secure Hash Algorithm
- SIM
- Subscriber Identity Module
- S/MIME
- Secure Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
- SMS
- Short Message Service
- SMSC
- Short Message Service Center
- SSL
- Secure Sockets Layer
- TCP
- Transmission Control Protocol
- TLS
- Transport Layer Security
- Triple DES
- Triple Data Encryption Standard
- TTY
- teletype
- VPN
- virtual private network
- WAP
- Wireless Application Protocol
- WML
- Wireless Markup Language
- WTLS
- Wireless Transport Layer Security
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