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PCI Related Terms Technical Terms

Key

(PCI) (Technical)

In cryptography, a key is an algorithmic value applied to unencrypted text to produce encrypted text. The length of the key generally determines how difficult it will be to decrypt the text in a given message.

(PCI) (Technical) See also Deciphering.

(PCI) (Technical) See also Decryption.

(PCI) (Technical) See also Decryption Key.

(PCI) (Technical) See also Encryption.

(PCI) (Technical) See also Encryption Key.

Key length

(PCI) (Technical)

The length of a decryption key, expressed in bytes.

Keyed Account

See Keyed Merchant.

Keyed Merchant

A “keyed” account, more properly referred to as a Keyed Entry Merchant

Account, is one in which businesses process customer payment cards by manually keying the information into a credit card terminal/machine, an Internet-connected computer or an online (”virtual”) system.

Keyed Transaction

A transaction is "keyed" when the information from a credit card is manually typed into a terminal or computer. A transaction is keyed because either the card is not present at the time the transaction is entered or the equipment being used to process the transaction can’t read the card.

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Beronio Lumber

Beronio Lumber

2525 Main St

San Francisco, CA 94124-1095

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