1.1 Glossary
This document uses the following terms:
Advanced Encryption Standard (AES): A block cipher that supersedes the Data Encryption Standard (DES). AES can be used to protect electronic data. The AES algorithm can be used to encrypt (encipher) and decrypt (decipher) information. Encryption converts data to an unintelligible form called ciphertext; decrypting the ciphertext converts the data back into its original form, called plaintext. AES is used in symmetric-key cryptography, meaning that the same key is used for the encryption and decryption operations. It is also a block cipher, meaning that it operates on fixed-size blocks of plaintext and ciphertext, and requires the size of the plaintext as well as the ciphertext to be an exact multiple of this block size. AES is also known as the Rijndael symmetric encryption algorithm [FIPS197].
device-independent bitmap (DIB): A container for bitmapped graphics, which specifies characteristics of the bitmap such that it can be created using one application and loaded and displayed in another application, while retaining an identical appearance.
FMTID: A GUID value that identifies a property set format.
globally unique identifier (GUID): A term used interchangeably with universally unique identifier (UUID) in Microsoft protocol technical documents (TDs). Interchanging the usage of these terms does not imply or require a specific algorithm or mechanism to generate the value. Specifically, the use of this term does not imply or require that the algorithms described in [RFC4122] or [C706] must be used for generating the GUID. See also universally unique identifier (UUID).
homegroup: A group of one or more computers that are AES joined together by using Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) through the HomeGroup Protocol, which are able to share resources (files, printers, and so on) with each other.
Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6): A revised version of the Internet Protocol (IP) designed to address growth on the Internet. Improvements include a 128-bit IP address size, expanded routing capabilities, and support for authentication and privacy.
little-endian: Multiple-byte values that are byte-ordered with the least significant byte stored in the memory location with the lowest address.
Media Access Control (MAC) address: A hardware address provided by the network interface vendor that uniquely identifies each interface on a physical network for communication with other interfaces, as specified in [IEEE802.3]. It is used by the media access control sublayer of the data link layer of a network connection.
PeerGroup: A group of one or more machines connected through the Peer-to-Peer Grouping Security Protocol [MS-PPSEC].
peer-to-peer: A server-less networking technology that allows several participating network devices to share resources and communicate directly with each other.
Rivest-Shamir-Adleman (RSA): A system for public key cryptography. RSA is specified in [PKCS1] and [RFC3447].
service set identifier (SSID): A sequence of characters that names a wireless local area network (WLAN).
SHA-256: An algorithm that generates a 256-bit hash value from an arbitrary amount of input data.
Universal Naming Convention (UNC): A string format that specifies the location of a resource. For more information, see [MS-DTYP] section 2.2.57.
Web Services on Devices (WSD): A function-discovery protocol used to discover and communicate certain data structures in a HomeGroup network environment. Implementation details are specified in [DPWS].
wireless access point (WAP): A wireless network access server (NAS) that implements 802.11.
MAY, SHOULD, MUST, SHOULD NOT, MUST NOT: These terms (in all caps) are used as defined in [RFC2119]. All statements of optional behavior use either MAY, SHOULD, or SHOULD NOT.