Glossary
- A2C
-
Automotive 2-wire Connection
- A2DP
-
Advanced Audio Distribution Profile
- ACK
-
Acknowledgement
- ACL
-
Asynchronous Connection-oriented Logical Transport
- ADC
-
Analog-to-Digital Converter
- ADV
-
Advertising
- AEC
-
Acoustic Echo Cancellation
- AES
-
Advanced Encryption Standard
- AMIC
-
Analog Microphone
- ANCS
-
Apple Notification Center Service
- AoA
-
Angle of Arrival
- AoD
-
Angle of Departure
- AON
-
Always-On domain
- APB
-
Advanced Peripheral Bus
- API
-
Application Programming Interface
- APP
-
Application
- ARM
-
Advanced RISC Machines
- ATT
-
Attribute Protocol
- AVRCP
-
Audio/Video Remote Control Profile
- BAS
-
Battery Service
- BCLK
-
Bit Clock
- BD
-
Bluetooth Device
- BIG
-
Broadcast Isochronous Group
- BIS
-
Broadcast Isochronous Stream
- BLE
-
Bluetooth Low Energy
- BLOB
-
Binary Large Object
- BQB
-
Bluetooth Qualification Body
- BR/EDR
-
Basic Rate/Enhanced Data Rate
- BT
-
Bluetooth
- CAN
-
Control Area Network
- CBC
-
Cipher Block Chaining mode
- CCCD
-
Client Characteristic Configuration Descriptor
- CCM
-
Counter mode encryption and cipher block chaining message authentication code
- CE
-
European Conformity
- CFB
-
Cipher FeedBack mode
- CFU
-
Component Firmware Update
- CHIP
-
Connected Home over IP
- CIG
-
Connected Isochronous Group
- CIS
-
Connected Isochronous Stream
- CLI
-
Command Line Interface
- CMAC
-
Cipher-based Message Authentication Code
- CMSIS
-
Cortex Microcontroller Software Interface Standard
- CODEC
-
Coder and Decoder
- CPU
-
Central Processing Unit
- CRC
-
Cyclic Redundancy Check
- CSA
-
Connectivity Standards Alliance
- CSCP
-
Cycling Speed and Cadence Profile
- CSCS
-
Cycling Speed and Cadence Service
- CSRK
-
Connection Signature Resolving Key
- CTE
-
Constant Tone Extensions
- CTS
-
Clear to Send
- DAC
-
Digital-to-Analog Converter
- DAC¹
-
Device Attestation Certificate
- DBI-B
-
Display Bus Interface Type-B
- DFU
-
Device Firmware Upgrade
- DHCP
-
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
- DIS
-
Device Information Service
- DLPS
-
Deep Low Power State
- DMA
-
Direct Memory Access
- DMIC
-
Digital Microphone
- DPI
-
Display Parallel Interface
- DSM
-
Deep Sleep Mode
- DSP
-
Digital Signal Processing
- DSS
-
Deep Sleep State
- DTCM
-
Data Tightly Coupled Memory
- DTM
-
Direct Test Mode
- DUT
-
Device Under Test
- DVFS
-
Dynamic Voltage and Frequency Scaling
- DVOL
-
Digital Volume
- ECB
-
Electric CodeBook mode
- ECC
-
Elliptic Curve Cryptography
- ECDH
-
Elliptic Curve Diffie–Hellman
- ECDSA
-
Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm
- EEK
-
eFuse Encryption Key
- eFuse
-
Electronic Fuse
- ENHTIM
-
Enhance Timer
- EQ
-
Equalizer
- EUT
-
Equipment Under Test
- EVB
-
Evaluation Board
- FCC
-
Federal Communications Commission
- FEC
-
Forward Error Correction
- FER
-
Frame Error Rate
- FIFO
-
First In First Out
- FMC
-
Flexible Memory Controller
- FMNA
-
Apple Find My Network Accessory
- FMP
-
Find Me Profile
- FreeRTOS
-
Free Real Time Operating System
- FS
-
Full Speed rate
- FTL
-
Flash Transport Layer
- GAP
-
Generic Access Profile
- GAPS
-
Generic Access Profile Service
- GAS
-
Generic Access Service
- GATT
-
Generic Attribute Profile
- GATTS
-
Generic Attribute Profile Server
- GDMA
-
General Direct Memory Access
- GFPS
-
Google Fast Pair Service
- GFSK
-
Gauss Frequency Shift Key
- GLP
-
Glucose Profile
- GLS
-
Glucose Service
- GPIO
-
General Purpose Input Output
- HCI
-
Host Controller Interface
- HDK
-
Hardware Develop Kit
- HFP
-
Hands-Free Profile
- HID
-
Human Interface Device
- HOGP
-
HID over GATT Profile
- HRADC
-
High Resolution Analog-to-Digital Converter
- HRP
-
Heart Rate Profile
- HRS
-
Heart Rate Service
- HS
-
High Speed rate
- HTP
-
Health Thermometer Profile
- HTS
-
Health Thermometer Service
- HTTP
-
Hypertext Transfer Protocol
- I2C
-
Inter-Integrated Circuit
- I2S
-
Inter-IC Sound
- IAP
-
iPod Accessory Protocol
- IAS
-
Immediate Alert Service
- ID
-
Identifier
- IDE
-
Integrated Development Environment
- IDU
-
Image Decompressor Unit
- IEEE
-
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
- IFS
-
Inter Frame Space
- INT
-
Interrupt
- IO
-
Input/Output
- iOS
-
iPhone Operating System
- IoT
-
Internet of Things
- IOT¹
-
Interoperability Test
- IPSP
-
Internet Protocol Support Profile
- IQ
-
In-phase and Quadrature
- IR
-
Infrared Radiation
- IRK
-
Identity Resolving Key
- IRQ
-
Interrupt Request
- ISM
-
Industrial Scientific Medical
- ISR
-
Interrupt Service Routines
- ITCM
-
Instruction Tightly Coupled Memory
- IV
-
Initialization Vector
- KC
-
Korea Certification
- Keyscan
-
Keyboard Scanner
- L2CAP
-
Logical Link Control and Adaptation protocol
- LCDC
-
Liquid Crystal Display Controller
- LDO
-
Low Dropout Regulator
- LE
-
Low Energy
- LED
-
Light-Emitting Diode
- LIB
-
Library
- LLS
-
Link Loss Service
- LNP
-
Location and Navigation Profile
- LNS
-
Location and Navigation Service
- LPC
-
Low Power Comparator
- LPF
-
Low Pass Filter
- LPQDEC
-
Low Power Quadrature Decoder
- LRCK
-
Left-Right Clock
- LSB
-
Least Significant Bit
- LTK
-
Long-Term Key
- LWIP
-
Lightweight IP
- MAC
-
Media Access Control
- MCU
-
Microcontroller Unit
- MD5
-
Message Digest Algorithm 5
- MDK
-
Microcontroller Development Kit
- MFB
-
Multi-Function Button
- MIC
-
Message Integrity Code
- MIC¹
-
Message Integrity Check
- MISC
-
Miscellaneous
- MK
-
Master Key in PBKDF
- MMC
-
Multi-Media Card
- MMI
-
Man-Machine Interface
- MP
-
Mass Production
- MPU
-
Memory Protection Unit
- MSFT
-
Microsoft
- MTU
-
Maximum Transmission Unit
- NACK
-
Not Acknowledge
- NFC
-
Near Field Communication
- NIC
-
Network Interface Card
- NTP
-
Network Time Protocol
- NVIC
-
Nested Vectored Interrupt Controller
- ODM
-
Original Design Manufacturer
- OEM
-
Original Equipment Manufacturer
- OOB
-
Out-of-Band
- OS
-
Operating System
- OSC
-
Oscillator
- OSIF
-
Operating System Interface
- OTA
-
Over The Air
- OTP
-
One-Time Programmable
- PA
-
Power Amplifier
- PAA
-
Product Attestation Authority
- PAI
-
Product Attestation Intermediate
- PASE
-
Passcode-Authenticated Session Establishment
- PB-ADV
-
Provisioning Bearer - Advertising
- PB-GATT
-
Provisioning Bearer - Generic Attribute Profile
- PBAP
-
Phone Book Access Profile
- PBKDF
-
Password-Based Key Derivation Functions
- PC
-
Personal Computer
- PCM
-
Pulse Code Modulation
- PDM
-
Pulse Density Modulation
- PDU
-
Protocol Data Unit
- PER
-
Packet Error Rate
- PFM
-
Pulse-Frequency Modulation
- PGA
-
Pmgrammable Gain Amplifier
- PHY
-
Physical Layer
- PID
-
Product ID
- PIN
-
Personal Identification Number
- PINMUX
-
Pin Multiplexer
- PKE
-
Public Key Engine
- PLL
-
Phase-locked Loop
- PON
-
Partial-On domain
- POR
-
Power On Reset
- PPE
-
Pixel Process Engine
- PPT
-
ProPrieTary Protocol (2.4G etc.)
- PRBS
-
Pseudo Random Binary Sequence
- PRF
-
Pseudorandom Function
- PRX
-
Proprietary Receiver
- PSD
-
Power Spectrum Detection
- PTX
-
Proprietary Transmitter
- PWM
-
Pulse-Width Modulation
- PXP
-
Proximity Profile
- QDEC
-
Quadrature Decoder
- QoS
-
Quality of Service
- QSPI
-
Quad Serial Peripheral Interface
- RAM
-
Random Access Memory
- RCU
-
Remote Control Unit
- RF
-
Radio Frequency
- RMC
-
Remote Controller
- RMII
-
Reduced Media-independent Interface
- ROM
-
Read-Only Memory
- RPA
-
Resolvable Private Address
- RPL
-
Replay Protection List
- RPR
-
Remote Provisioning
- RSA
-
Rivest–Shamir–Adleman
- RSCP
-
Running Speed and Cadence Profile
- RSCS
-
Running Speed and Cadence Service
- RSSI
-
Received Signal Strength Indicator
- RTC
-
Real-Time Clock
- RTS
-
Request To Send
- RVD
-
Realtek Visual Designer
- RX
-
Receive
- SCL
-
Serial Clock Line
- ScPP
-
Scan Parameters Profile
- ScPS
-
Scan Parameters Service
- SD
-
Secure Digital
- SDA
-
Serial Data Line
- SDHC
-
SDIO Host Controller
- SDI
-
Serial Display Interface
- SDIO
-
Secure Digital Input and Output（A type of Secure Digital card interface）
- SDK
-
Software Development Kit
- SDM
-
Sigma-Delta Modulation
- SDP
-
Service Discovery Protocol
- SE
-
Secure Element
- SEG
-
segment LCD Segment signal
- SEQ
-
Sequence
- SHA
-
Secure Hash Algorithm
- SIG
-
Special Interest Group
- SMI
-
Station Management Interface
- SMP
-
Security Manage Protocol
- SNR
-
Signal-to-Noise Ratio
- SNTP
-
Simple Network Time Protocol
- SoC
-
System-on-Chip
- SPAKE2+
-
SPAKE2+, an Augmented PAKE
- SPI
-
Serial Peripheral Interface
- SPI3W
-
3-Wire Serial Peripheral Interface
- SPP
-
Serial Port Profile
- SRAM
-
Static Random Access Memory
- SRRC
-
State Radio Regulation Committee
- SWD
-
Serial Wire Debug
- TBD
-
To Be Defined
- TCM
-
Tightly Coupled Memory
- TCP
-
Transmission Control Protocol
- THD
-
Total Harmonic Distortion
- TIFS
-
Time Inter Frame Space
- TIM
-
Timer
- TPS
-
Tx Power Service
- TRNG
-
True Random Number Generator
- TTL
-
Time to Live
- TTS
-
Text-to-Speech
- TX
-
Transmit
- TxPower
-
Transmit Power
- UARP
-
Apple Unified Accessory Restore Protocol
- UART
-
Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter
- UDP
-
User Datagram Protocol
- UI
-
User Interface
- USB
-
Universal Serial Bus
- USB 2.0 HS
-
Universal Serial Bus 2.0 High-Speed
- UT
-
Apple Unwanted Tracking detection
- UTC
-
Universal Time Coordinated
- UUID
-
Universally Unique Identifier
- UX
-
User Experience
- VBAT
-
Voltage Battery
- VID
-
Vendor ID
- WDT
-
WatchDog Timer
- WFE
-
Wait for Event
- WFI
-
Wait for Interrupt
- Wi-Fi
-
Wireless Fidelity
- WSP
-
Weight Scale Profile
- WSS
-
Weight Scale Service
- XTAL
-
Crystal
- ZAP
-
ZCL Advanced Platform
- ZCL
-
Zigbee Cluster Library