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Acronyms and Glossary
ACCESS POINT – The hub of a wireless network
AES – Advanced Encryption Standard is a fast, secure symmetric algorithm.
API – Application Programming Interface. A code interface that a computer
application, operating system, or library provides to support requests for
services by the computer program.
BSSID – Basic Service Set Identifier. The MAC address of a station in a wireless
access point.
GPS – Geo Positioning System
IEEE 802.11 – A family of Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) specifications
developed by the IEEE standards committee in the 5 GHz and 2.4 GHz public
spectrum bands.
KML – Keyhole Markup Language
MIC – Message Integrity Check is a component of TKIP and is used to check the
key values. If the key value has been tampered with WPA stops using those
keys and re-keys.
PCMCIA – Personal Computer Memory Card International Association. The
standards organization responsible for the form factors for the PC card.
PSK – Pre Shared Key is a type of WPA whereby the user can configure their
own key.
SSID – Service Set Identifier, the network name that identifies a particular WiFi
access point.
TKIP – Temporal Key Integrity Protocol is a stronger encryption algorithm than
the one used by WEP and is used with WPA.
USB – Universal Serial Bus
WAP – Wireless Access Point
WiFi – Wireless Fidelity
WEP – Wired Equivalent Privacy aims to provide security by encrypting data
over radio waves as defined in the 802.11b standard. WEP is not difficult to
crack.