Acronyms

See: Hierarchical Development Methodology.

Health Information Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, a U.S. law (Public Law 104 191) that is intended to protect the privacy of patients' medical records and other health information in all forms, and mandates security for that information, including for its electronic storage and transmission.

A keyed hash [R2104] that can be based on any iterated cryptographic hash (e.g., MD5 or SHA 1), so that the cryptographic strength of HMAC depends on the properties of the selected cryptographic hash. (See: [R2202, R2403, R2404].)

See: Hypertext Markup Language.

See: Hypertext Transfer Protocol.