Machine Readable Travel Documents - ICAO
Machine Readable Travel Documents - ICAO
Machine Readable Travel Documents - ICAO
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ACRONYMS AND DEFINITIONS<br />
The following acronyms and terms are used in this volume of Doc 9303, Part 3. The lists are additional to those<br />
in Volume 1.<br />
Acronym Full form<br />
AID Application Identifier<br />
APDU Application Protocol Data Unit<br />
CA Certification authority<br />
CID Card IDentifier<br />
CRL Certificate Revocation List<br />
DES Data encryption standard<br />
DO Data object<br />
DSA Digital signature algorithm<br />
EAL Evaluation assurance level<br />
EEPROM Electrically erasable programmable read only memory. A non-volatile memory<br />
technology where data can be electrically erased and rewritten.<br />
eMRTD An MRTD (passport, visa or card) that has a contactless IC imbedded in it and the<br />
capability of being used for biometric identification of the MRTD holder in<br />
accordance with the standards specified in the relevant Part of <strong>ICAO</strong> Doc 9303.<br />
eMRtd A <strong>Machine</strong> <strong>Readable</strong> Official <strong>Travel</strong> Document that has a contactless IC imbedded in<br />
it and the capability of being used for biometric identification of the MRtd holder in<br />
accordance with the standards specified in this volume of <strong>ICAO</strong> Doc 9303, Part 3.<br />
FRR False rejection rate<br />
IC Integrated circuit<br />
ICC Integrated circuit card<br />
IFD Interface device<br />
JPEG A Standard for the data compression of images, used particularly in the storage of<br />
facial images.<br />
JPEG 2000 An updated version of the JPEG standard<br />
LDS Logical data structure<br />
MAC Message authentication code<br />
MRTD <strong>Machine</strong> <strong>Readable</strong> <strong>Travel</strong> Document conforming to <strong>ICAO</strong> Doc 9303, Part 1, 2 or 3<br />
MRZ <strong>Machine</strong> <strong>Readable</strong> Zone<br />
NAD Node ADdress<br />
NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology<br />
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