A collection of abbreviations used in documents stored in Vendors WEB
AC Application Cryptogram
AID Application identifier (according to the ISO standard)
ATM Automated Teller Machine
ATR Answer to reset
BCA Babs and CEKAB Approval
bps bit per second (communication speed)
CA Certification authority
CA-keys Keys issued by a CA (Visa I or MCI)
CAM Card Authentication Method
CASH Swedish Electronic Purse product
CEPS Common Electronic Purse Specification
CVC2/CVV2 Card Verification Value
CVM Cardholder Verification Method
DDA Dynamic Data Authentication
DPC (Data) Processing Center
ECR Electronic Cash Register
EFTPOS Electronic Funds Transfer at Point Of Sale
EMV Europay Mastercard Visa, name of a standard for ICC-payments
EMVCo Organisation set up by Europay, MassterCard and Visa, maintains the EMV standard
EPI Europay International
IAC Issuer Action Codes
ICC Integrated Circuit Card
ICS Implementation Conformance Statement
IFD InterFace Device
KMF Key Management Facility
LOA Letter Of Approval
MA Master Application
MAC Message Authentication Code. Cryptographic check sum, calculated using a secret key
MCI MasterCard International
MCE MasterCard Europe
MOTO Mail Order, Telephone Order
PAN Primary Account Number
PED PIN Entry Device (also called PINPAD)
PIN Personal identification number
PINPAD Keyboard for PIN entry (also called PED)
PKA Public Key Algorithm
PNC SAC Swedish Security Committee IT
POS Point Of Sale – e.g. "POS terminal"
RID Registered application provider identifier
RSA Rivest, Shamir, Adleman (the inventors of) a cryptographic algorithm
SAM Secure Application Module
SDA Static Data Authentication
SPDH Standard POS Device Handler. Terminal interface to B24 supporting PIN and MAC
STIP Stand in processing
TAC Terminal Action Codes
TC Transaction Certificate
TIP Terminal Integration Process
TMS Terminal management system
T-SAM Terminal Secure Application Module
TSI Transaction Status Information
TSP Terminal application service provider
TVR terminal Verification result
UKPT Unique derived Key Per Transaction.
WAP Wireless application protocol
VAT Value Added Tax