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# Oracle Application Server List of Acronyms

Here is a list of acronyms, and their expanded names:

- 3DES: Triple Data Encryption Standard
- ACI: access control item
- ACL: access control list
- ACP: access control policy point
- AES: Advanced Encryption Standard
- API: application programming interface
- ASR: advanced symmetric replication
- BER: Basic Encoding Rules
- BMP: bean-managed persistence
- C14N: XML canonicalization
- CA: Certificate Authority
- CBC: Cipher Block Chaining
- CMP: certificate management protocol
- CMS: Cryptographic Message Syntax
- CRL: certificate revocation list
- CRMF: certificate request message format
- DAD: database access descriptor
- DDL: data definition language
- DER: Distinguished Encoding Rules
- DES: Data Encryption Standard
- DIB: directory information base
- DIT: directory information tree
- DN: distinguished name
- DNS: Domain Name System
- DRG: directory replication group
- DSA: Digital Signature Algorithm
- DSE: directory-specific entry
- DTD: Document Type Definition
- DUA: directory user agent
- ECC: Elliptic Curve Cryptography
- ECDSA: Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm
- EJB: Enterprise Java Bean
- FIM: federated identity management
- FIPS: Federal Information Processing Standard
- GUID: global unique identifier
- HMAC: Hashed Message Authentication Code
- IETF: Internet Engineering Task Force
- IMAP: Internet Message Access Protocol
- J2EE: Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition
- JDBC: Java Database Connectivity
- JMS: Java Messaging Service
- JNDI: Java Naming and Directory Interface
- JSP: Java Server Page
- JTA: Java Transaction API
- LDAP: Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
- LDIF: LDAP Data Interchange Format
- MAC: message authentication code
- MDS: master definition site
- NIST: National Institute of Standards and Technology
- OC4J: Oracle Containers for J2EE
- OCI: Oracle Call Interface
- OCSP: Online Certificate Status Protocol
- PKI: public key infrastructure
- RA: Registration Authority
- RDN: relative distinguished name
- RFID: Radio Frequency Identification
- RMI: Remote Method Invocation
- RMS: remote master site
- RTLS: Real Time Location System
- S/MIME: Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension
- SAML: Security Assertions Markup Language
- SASL: Simple Authentication and Security Layer
- SGA: System Global Area
- SHA: Secure Hash Algorithm
- SID: system identifier
- SPKAC: Signed Public Key And Challenge
- SSL: Secure Sockets Layer
- SSO: single sign-on
- TLS: Transport Layer Security
- TSP: Time Stamp Protocol
- UI: user interface
- WSDL: Web Services Description Language

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