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
- 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
- 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
- DAC
Digital-to-Analog Converter
- DAC¹
Device Attestation Certificate
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- HTP
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
- 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
- L2CAP
Logical Link Control and Adaptation protocol
- LCDC
LCD Display Controller
- LDO
Low Dropout Regulator
- LDO
Low-dropout
- 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
- 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
- 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
- PDU
Protocol Data Unit
- PER
Packet Error Rate
- PFM
Pulse-Frequency Modulation
- 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
- RX
Receive
- ScPP
Scan Parameters Profile
- ScPS
Scan Parameters Service
- SD
Secure Digital
- SDHC
SDIO Host Controller
- SDIO
Secure Digital Input and Output(A type of Secure Digital card interface)
- SDK
Software Development Kit
- 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