Glossary

Term

Description

Application Programming Interface (API)

This is a software interface used for interaction between the OS and an application.

Basic Input/Output System (BIOS)

The PC Basic Input/Output System is an OS-independent software designed for hardware operation support.

This is an essential set of routines in a PC, which is stored on a chip and provides an interface between the operating system and the hardware.

International Organization for Standardization (ISO )

International Organization for Standardization

Authentication

This is a control process checking the authenticity of the users identity, i.e. this process checks whether the user is the person they claim to be.

Biometric Authentication

This is the user authentication based on examining specific physical traits of the user by means of special biometric equipment. Biometric authentication can be based on examining fingerprints, iris, voice, and other specific traits of the user's body.

Two-Factor Authentication

This is a process controlling the authenticity of the users identity on the basis of the two following factors:

Something You Know - for example, the user name and password.

Something You Have - for example, the eToken device.

Encryption key

Specially built numerical sequence used to transform the source information into the encrypted data using a special algorithm.

Driver

This is software designed to control data input/output and interface the applications/ OS and the device connected to the PC .

Identification

This is a control process using a unique identifier to determine whether the specific user is known to the system.

One-Factor or Standard Authentication

This is a process controlling the authenticity of the user identity by standard means of the OS on the basis of a single factor:

Something You Know - the user name and password.

Registration

The process resulting in user authentication using his login and password pair. If the registration is successful, the user is granted access to the OS within the limit of his privileges.