Glossary Terms Starting with A

AML Policy

AML Policy is a compliance or privacy requirement that clearly states an organization's principles, responsibilities, and mandatory rules for managing money-laundering and…

AML Program

An AML program is the coordinated governance, people, controls, technology, training, testing, and reporting used to manage financial-crime risk. An Anti-Money Laundering…

AML Risk Assessment

An AML Risk Assessment is a structured evaluation of exposure to money laundering, terrorist financing, proliferation financing, and related financial-crime risks arising…

Amount Tolerance

Amount tolerance is the permitted difference between the amount requested and the amount received before a payment is treated as unacceptable, underpaid,…

Amount-Based Confirmation Threshold

Amount-Based Confirmation Threshold is a rule that changes the required confirmation depth, finality standard, or waiting time according to the payment amount…

Amount-Based Payment Matching

Amount-Based Payment Matching is the process of linking an incoming blockchain transfer to an expected payment record by comparing the delivered asset…

Annual Percentage Rate (APR)

Annual Percentage Rate (APR) is an annualized percentage rate used to express the cost of borrowing or the stated return rate of…

Annual Percentage Yield (APY)

Annual Percentage Yield (APY) is an annualized percentage measure of return that incorporates the effect of compounding over the stated period. It…

Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR)

Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) is the annualized value of recurring subscription revenue under a defined measurement policy. It normally excludes one-time fees…

Anti-Money Laundering (AML)

Anti-Money Laundering refers to laws, controls, and practices intended to prevent criminals from disguising the origin or ownership of illicit funds. Anti-Money…

API Authentication

API authentication verifies the identity of a client, user, or service before an application programming interface accepts protected requests. API authentication confirms…

API Authorization

API authorization determines which endpoints, objects, fields, and actions an authenticated identity may access under defined policies and context. API authorization enforces…

API Base URL

API Base URL is the common root address prepended to API paths, usually identifying the scheme, host, environment, and sometimes version. It…

API Call

API Call is one request-response interaction in which a client invokes an API operation or submits a protocol message. It is used…

API Client

API Client is software or a library that sends requests to an API and interprets its responses. It is used to let…

API Compatibility

API Compatibility is the degree to which an API change, client, or implementation continues to work with existing consumers and expected behavior.…

API Connector

API Connector is a reusable software component that connects an application, automation platform, or middleware system to a specific API. It is…

API Console

API Console is an interactive developer interface for constructing API requests, viewing generated code, and inspecting responses. It is used to help…

API Contract

API Contract is the documented agreement that defines an API’s operations, inputs, outputs, errors, security requirements, and behavioral guarantees. It is used…

API Contract Diff

API Contract Diff is a structured comparison between two API contract versions that identifies added, removed, or changed operations and schemas. It…

API Credential Management

API credential management securely governs how machine credentials are issued, stored, scoped, used, monitored, rotated, revoked, and retired. API credential management covers…

API Credential Rotation

API Credential Rotation is a security mechanism or control discipline that replaces an existing key, secret, certificate, or token with a new…

API Credential Separation

API credential separation uses distinct credentials for different applications, users, environments, purposes, or privilege levels to contain exposure. API credential separation prevents…

API Credentials

API credentials are secrets, keys, certificates, tokens, or identity material that a client presents to authenticate when accessing an API. API Credentials…