privacyguides.org/includes/abbreviations.en.md
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*[2FA]: 2-Factor Authentication *[ADB]: Android Debug Bridge *[AOSP]: Android Open Source Project *[ATA]: Advanced Technology Attachment *[AVB]: Android Verified Boot *[CLI]: Command Line Interface *[CSV]: Comma-Separated Values *[CVE]: Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures *[DNSSEC]: Domain Name System Security Extensions *[DNS]: Domain Name System *[DoH]: DNS over HTTPS *[DoQ]: DNS over QUIC *[DoH3]: DNS over HTTP/3 *[DoT]: DNS over TLS *[E2EE]: End-to-End Encryption/Encrypted *[ECS]: EDNS Client Subnet *[EEA]: European Economic Area *[EOL]: End-of-Life *[Exif]: Exchangeable image file format *[FCM]: Firebase Cloud Messaging *[FDE]: Full Disk Encryption *[FIDO]: Fast IDentity Online *[GDPR]: General Data Protection Regulation *[GPG]: GNU Privacy Guard (PGP implementation) *[GPS]: Global Positioning System *[GUI]: Graphical User Interface *[GnuPG]: GNU Privacy Guard (PGP implementation) *[HDD]: Hard Disk Drive *[HOTP]: HMAC (Hash-based Message Authentication Code) based One-Time Password *[HTTPS]: Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure *[HTTP]: Hypertext Transfer Protocol *[ICCID]: Integrated Circuit Card Identifier *[IMAP]: Internet Message Access Protocol *[IMEI]: International Mobile Equipment Identity *[IMSI]: International Mobile Subscriber Identity *[IP]: Internet Protocol *[IPv4]: Internet Protocol version 4 *[IPv6]: Internet Protocol version 6 *[ISP]: Internet Service Provider *[ISPs]: Internet Service Providers *[JNI]: Java Native Interface *[LUKS]: Linux Unified Key Setup (Full-Disk Encryption) *[MAC]: Media Access Control *[MDAG]: Microsoft Defender Application Guard *[MEID]: Mobile Equipment Identifier *[MFA]: Multi-Factor Authentication *[NVMe]: Nonvolatile Memory Express *[NTP]: Network Time Protocol *[OCI]: Open Container Initiative *[OCSP]: Online Certificate Status Protocol *[OEM]: Original Equipment Manufacturer *[OEMs]: Original Equipment Manufacturers *[OS]: Operating System *[OTP]: One-Time Password *[OTPs]: One-Time Passwords *[OpenPGP]: Open-source implementation of Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) *[P2P]: Peer-to-Peer *[PAM]: Linux Pluggable Authentication Modules *[PGP]: Pretty Good Privacy (see OpenPGP) *[PII]: Personally Identifiable Information *[QNAME]: Qualified Name *[RSS]: Really Simple Syndication *[SELinux]: Security-Enhanced Linux *[SIM]: Subscriber Identity Module *[SMS]: Short Message Service (standard text messaging) *[SMTP]: Simple Mail Transfer Protocol *[SNI]: Server Name Indication *[SSD]: Solid-State Drive *[SSH]: Secure Shell *[SUID]: Set Owner User ID *[SaaS]: Software as a Service (cloud software) *[SoC]: System on Chip *[TCP]: Transmission Control Protocol *[TEE]: Trusted Execution Environment *[TLS]: Transport Layer Security *[TOTP]: Time-based One-Time Password *[TPM]: Trusted Platform Module *[U2F]: Universal 2nd Factor *[UEFI]: Unified Extensible Firmware Interface *[UDP]: User Datagram Protocol *[VPN]: Virtual Private Network *[VoIP]: Voice over IP (Internet Protocol) *[W3C]: World Wide Web Consortium *[XMPP]: Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol *[attack surface]: The attack surface of software or hardware is the sum of the different places an attacker can try to enter data to or extract data from. *[cgroups]: Control Groups *[fork]: In software development, a fork is created when developers take a copy of source code from one software package and start independent development on it, creating a distinct and separate piece of software. *[hypervisor]: A hypervisor is computer software, firmware, or hardware that allows partitioning the resource of a CPU among multiple operating systems or independent programs. *[rolling release]: An update release cycle in which updates are released very frequently, instead of at set intervals. *[walled garden]: A walled garden (or closed platform) is one in which the service provider has control over applications, content, and/or media, and restricts convenient access to non-approved applicants or content. *[entropy]: Password entropy is a measurement of how unpredictable a password is. *[PWA]: Progressive Web App