Terminology And Abbreviations - VeriFone Vx520 Implementation Manual

6. Terminology and abbreviations

Cardholder Data
CVV2
ECR
HTTPS
Magnetic Stripe Data
PAN
PCI DSS
PCI PA-DSS
PED
PIN
Point VxPC
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Author
Jevgenijs Smirnovs
E-mail
jevgenijs.smirnovs@verifone.com
Phone
+371 67844726
PAN, Expiration Date, Cardholder Name (not used by Point Vx) and Service
Code.
Card Verification Value, also called CVC2 (Card Verification Code), is a three
or four digit value printed on the back of the card but not encoded on the
magnetic stripe or the chip.
Electronic Cash Register
Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS) is a combination of the Hyper-
text Transfer Protocol with the SSL/TLS protocol to provide encrypted
communication and secure identification.
Track data read from the magnetic stripe, magnetic-stripe image on the
chip, or elsewhere.
Primary Account Number. PAN, also called card number, is part of the mag-
netic stripe data and is also printed or embossed on the card. PAN can also
be stored in the chip of the card.
Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard, the subject of this docu-
ment. Retailers that use applications to store, process or transmit payment
card data are subject to the PCI DSS standard.
Payment Card Industry Payment Application Data Security Standard is a
standard for validation of payment applications that store, process or
transmit payment card data. Applications that comply with PA DSS have
built in protection of card data and hereby facilitates for retailers to comply
with PCI DSS.
PIN Entry Device.
Personal Identification Number. Secret numeric password known only to
the user and a system to authenticate the user to the system.
The Payment Core used by Point Vx terminals. The Point VxPC is the part of
the Point Vx software that stores, processes and transmits cardholder data.
The Point VxPC is validated in accordance with the requirements of PCI PA-
Document name Verifone Payment Core
Point VxPC F02.01.xxx
Implementation Guide
Date
12-Jun-2015
Page number Version
30 1.0