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 *[attack surface]: The total number of possible entry points for unauthorized access to a system *[AVB]: Android Verified Boot *[cgroups]: Control Groups *[CLI]: Command Line Interface *[CSV]: Comma-Separated Values *[CVE]: Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures *[Digital Legacy]: Digital Legacy refers to features that allow you to give other people access to your data when you die *[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 *[entropy]: A measurement of how unpredictable something is *[EOL]: End-of-Life *[Exif]: Exchangeable image file format *[FCM]: Firebase Cloud Messaging *[FDE]: Full Disk Encryption *[FIDO]: Fast IDentity Online *[fork]: A new software project created by copying an existing project and adding to it independently *[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 *[hypervisor]: Computer software, firmware, or hardware that splits the resources of a CPU among multiple operating systems *[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 *[rolling release]: Updates which are released frequently rather than set intervals *[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 *[SSO]: Single sign-on *[TCP]: Transmission Control Protocol *[TEE]: Trusted Execution Environment *[TLS]: Transport Layer Security *[ToS]: Terms of Service *[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 *[PWA]: Progressive Web App