The following symbols and abbreviations are used in this Part of the Standard.
American College of Radiology
Application Entity
Advanced Encryption Standard
American National Standards Institute
Comite European de Normalisation-Technical Committee 251-Medical Informatics
Cipher Block Chaining
Consultative Committee, International Radio
Common Name
Data Encryption Standard
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine
Distinguished Name
Domain Name System
Dynamic Domain Name System
European Computer Manufacturers Association
Encrypt-Decrypt-Encrypt
Health Level 7
International Electrical Commission
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Internet Engineering Task Force
Information Object Definition
Integrated Secure Communication Layer
International Standards Organization
Japan Medical Imaging and Radiological Systems Industries Association
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
LDAP Interchange Format
Message Authentication Code
Message Digest - 5
Medical Information System Development Center
Maximum Transmission Unit
National Electrical Manufacturers Association
Network Time Protocol
Object Identifier (analogous to UID)
Protocol Data Unit
Relative Distinguished Name
Request For Comment (used for standards issued by the IETF)
Resource Record (when used in the context of DNS)
Rivest-Shamir-Adleman
Service Class Provider
Service Class User
Secure Hash Algorithm
Simple Network Time Protocol
Service-Object Pair
Secure Shell
Secure Sockets Layer
Transport Layer Security
Unique Identifier
Universal Coordinated Time