Terms and Abbreviations

Terms and Abbreviations

The following table lists terms and abbreviations used in this document. Refer to the Glossary for a list of security and cryptographic terms and abbreviations, along with their definitions, that are used throughout the RSA BSAFE Crypto-C documentation set.

Term or Abbreviation

Definition

Crypto-C

RSA BSAFE Crypto-C: Cryptographic software development kit developers

 

use to develop secure applications.

.doc (file)

Word for Windows, version 6.x or version 7.x files.

.htm (file)

Hypertext Markup Language formatted files used for releasing documents on

 

the RSA Security internet site.

.pdf (file)

Portable Document Format created by Adobe Acrobat Distiller and read by

 

using Adobe Acrobat Reader.

.rtf (file)

Rich Text Format files that are compatable with Microsoft Word for Windows.

.txt (file)

Unformatted, cross-platform text files.

PKI

The Public Key Infrastructure that combines private key, trust, and certificate

 

databases for the reserve of needed private keys and certificates for signing

 

or encrypting messages.

Public Client API

The default application programming interface between PKI services and the

 

developer's application.

SPI

Service provider interfaces that enable customized implementation to

 

augment or replace the default Cert-J functionality.

User Interface

Any interface that the end user sees or accesses. This includes any HTML

 

browser-based interfaces

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