Glossary
- 3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project)
A consortium of standards bodies that is writing the standards for the SIM in 3G mobile telephones.
- A3 and A8
Two cryptographic algorithms used in GSM cellular telephony and typically implemented in GSM SIM smart cards.
- ABS (acrylonitrile butadiene styrene)
A common plastic material used for the manufacture of smart cards.
- AC (access condition)
An attribute in a file header that allows or denies execution of certain commands based on certain security conditions, such as authentication of the entity attempting to execute the command.
- ADF (application dedicated file)
The directory on a smart card that is the root directory of all the data pertaining to a particular application.
- AID (application identifier) ...
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