Acronyms
Alphabetical index of published acronym entries with tag filters and quick sort.
- ACRONYMAAUpdated Jan 06, 2026
See: Deprecated Usage under "attribute authority".
- ACRONYMAADUpdated Jan 06, 2026
The input data to the authenticated encryption function that is authenticated but not encrypted.
- ACRONYMAALUpdated Jan 06, 2026
A category describing the strength of the authentication process.
- ACRONYMAARUpdated Jan 06, 2026
A document containing findings and recommendations from an exercise or a test.
- ACRONYMABACUpdated Jan 06, 2026
An access control approach in which access is mediated based on attributes associated with subjects (requesters) and the objects to be accessed. Each object and subject has a set of associated attributes, such as location, time of creation, access rights, etc. Access to an object is authorized or denied depending upon whether the required (e.g., policy defined) correlation can be made between the attributes of that object and of the requesting subject.
- ACRONYMACUpdated Jan 06, 2026
The process of granting or denying specific requests to 1) obtain and use information and related information processing services and 2) enter specific physical facilities (e.g., federal buildings, military establishments, border crossing entrances).
- ACRONYMACCUpdated Jan 06, 2026
See: access control center.
- ACRONYMACESUpdated Jan 06, 2026
See: Access Certificate for Electronic Services.
- ACRONYMACLUpdated Jan 06, 2026
A list of entities, together with their access rights, that are authorized to have access to a resource.
- ACRONYMACMUpdated Jan 06, 2026
Implementations of formal AC policy such as AC model. Access control mechanisms can be designed to adhere to the properties of the model by machine implementation using protocols, architecture, or formal languages such as program code.
- ACRONYMACMEUpdated Jan 06, 2026
A protocol defined in IETF RFC 8555 that provides for the automated enrollment of certificates.
- ACRONYMACPUpdated Jan 06, 2026
High level requirements that specify how access is managed and who may access information under what circumstances.
- ACRONYMADUpdated Jan 06, 2026
Input data to the CCM generation encryption process that is authenticated but not encrypted.
- ACRONYMAESUpdated Jan 06, 2026
AES stands for Advanced Encryption Standard, a widely used symmetric key block cipher standardized by NIST.
- ACRONYMAHUpdated Jan 06, 2026
See: Authentication Header
- ACRONYMAIaaSUpdated Jan 06, 2026
a cloud based service offering artificial intelligence (AI) outsourcing
- ACRONYMALCUpdated Jan 06, 2026
See: accounting legend code.
- ACRONYMANSIUpdated Jan 06, 2026
See: American National Standards Institute.
- ACRONYManti-CSRFUpdated Jan 06, 2026
related pairs of tokens given to users to validate their requests and prevent issue requests from attackers via the victim
- ACRONYMAPIUpdated Jan 06, 2026
See: application programming interface.
- ACRONYMAPOPUpdated Jan 06, 2026
See: POP3 APOP.
- ACRONYMARPANETUpdated Jan 06, 2026
Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) Network, a pioneer packet switched network that (a) was designed, implemented, operated, and maintained by BBN from January 1969 until July 1975 under contract to the U.S. Government; (b) led to the development of today's Internet; and (c) was decommissioned in June 1990. [B4799, Hafn]
- ACRONYMASCIIUpdated Jan 06, 2026
See: American Standard Code for Information Interchange.
- ACRONYMASN.1Updated Jan 06, 2026
See: Abstract Syntax Notation One.
- ACRONYMATISUpdated Jan 06, 2026
See: "Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions" under "ANSI".
- ACRONYMAUTHUpdated Jan 06, 2026
See: POP3 AUTH.