Feature and Technical Overview | Glossary |
Enterprise Service | The Enterprise Service Policy controls which BlackBerry devices can connect to a BlackBerry |
Policy | Enterprise Server. |
GAL | Global Address List |
GAN | generic access network |
GANC | generic access network controller |
gateway message | The gateway message envelope protocol is a Research In Motion proprietary protocol that allows |
envelope | 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. |
GPS | Global Positioning System |
GSM | Global System for Mobile Communications |
HTML | Hypertext Markup Language |
HTTP | Hypertext Transfer Protocol over Secure Sockets Layer |
HTTPS | Hypertext Transfer Protocol over Secure Sockets Layer |
IEEE | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
IMAP | Internet Message Access Protocol |
ISP | Internet service provider |
IP | Internet Protocol |
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. |
IT administration | An IT administration command is a command that you can send over the wireless network to |
command | protect sensitive information on a BlackBerry device or delete all BlackBerry device data. |
IT policy | An IT policy consists of various IT policy rules that control the security features and behavior of |
| BlackBerry smartphones, BlackBerry PlayBook tablets, the BlackBerry Desktop Software, and |
| the BlackBerry Web Desktop Manager. |
IT policy rule | An IT policy rule permits you to customize and control the actions that BlackBerry smartphones, |
| BlackBerry PlayBook tablets, the BlackBerry Desktop Software, and the BlackBerry Web |
| Desktop Manager can perform. |
Java ME | Java Platform, Micro Edition |
JDBC | Java Database Connectivity |
JSON | JavaScript Object Notation |
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