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Abbreviations
ANSI
American National Standard Institute
APACS
Association for Payment Clearing Service
API
Application Programming Interface
CPU
Central Processing Unit
DC
Direct Current
DES
Data Encryption Standard
DUKPT
Derived Unique Key Per Transaction, Key management
EMI
Electromagnetic Interference
EMV
Europay, MasterCard, Visa
ESD
Electrostatic Discharge
GND
Signal Ground
Host
A PC or like device with local Application Software for controlling connected SmartPAY
terminals
IEC
International Electrical Congress
ISO
International Organization for Standardization
JPOS
Java for Retail Point-of-Sale
KSN
Key Serial Number
LCD
Liquid Crystal Display
mA
MilliAmperes
MAC
Message Authentication Code
MK/SK
Master Key/Secession Key, Key management
MTBF
Mean Time Between Failures
mV
MilliVolts
OPOS
OLE for Retail Point-of-Sale
PC
Personal Computer or similar hardware device
PCB
Printed circuit board
PCI
Payment Card Industry
PED
PIN Entry Device
PIN
Personal Identification Number
TDES
Triple Data Encryption Standard