# Acronyms

<table><thead><tr><th width="174.5">Acronyms</th><th>Description </th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>ADB</td><td>Asian Development Bank</td></tr><tr><td>API</td><td>application programming interface</td></tr><tr><td>AWS</td><td>Amazon Web Services</td></tr><tr><td>BRN</td><td>birth registration number</td></tr><tr><td>CRVS</td><td>civil registration and vital statistic</td></tr><tr><td>DCI</td><td>Digital Convergence Initiative</td></tr><tr><td>DHIS2</td><td>District Health Information Software 2</td></tr><tr><td>DPG</td><td>data protection gateway</td></tr><tr><td>DR</td><td>disability registry</td></tr><tr><td>ERR</td><td>error</td></tr><tr><td>FAO</td><td>Food and Agriculture Organization</td></tr><tr><td>FHIR</td><td>Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources</td></tr><tr><td>FR</td><td>Farmer Registry</td></tr><tr><td>FTP</td><td>file transfer protocol</td></tr><tr><td>HMIS</td><td>Health Management Information Systems</td></tr><tr><td>HTML</td><td>Hypertext Markup Language</td></tr><tr><td>HTTPS</td><td>Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure</td></tr><tr><td>IBR</td><td>Integrated Beneficiary Registry</td></tr><tr><td>ID</td><td>identification</td></tr><tr><td>ILO</td><td>International Labour Organization</td></tr><tr><td>ISO</td><td>International Organization for Standardization</td></tr><tr><td>IMPS</td><td>immediate payment service</td></tr><tr><td>JWE</td><td>JSON Web Encryption</td></tr><tr><td>JSON</td><td>JavaScript Object Notation</td></tr><tr><td>JWT</td><td>JSON Web Token</td></tr><tr><td>KYC</td><td>know your customer</td></tr><tr><td>MRN</td><td>Marriage registration number</td></tr><tr><td>NEFT</td><td>National Electronic Funds Transfer</td></tr><tr><td>OTP</td><td>one time password</td></tr><tr><td>PWD</td><td>Person with disability</td></tr><tr><td>RFC</td><td>request for comments</td></tr><tr><td>RBI</td><td>Reserve Bank of India</td></tr><tr><td>SP</td><td>Social Protection</td></tr><tr><td>RTGS</td><td>real time gross settlement</td></tr><tr><td>SHA256</td><td>Secure Hash Algorithm 256-bit</td></tr><tr><td>SFTP</td><td>Secure File Transfer Protocol</td></tr><tr><td>SMS</td><td>short message service</td></tr><tr><td>SP-MIS</td><td>social protection management information system</td></tr><tr><td>SP system</td><td>social protection system</td></tr><tr><td>SQL</td><td>Structured Query Language</td></tr><tr><td>TDS</td><td>tax deducted at source</td></tr><tr><td>UIN</td><td>unique identification number</td></tr><tr><td>UNICEF</td><td>United Nations Children's Fund</td></tr><tr><td>UPI</td><td>unified payments interface</td></tr><tr><td>USP</td><td>universal social protection</td></tr><tr><td>VID</td><td>virtual ID</td></tr><tr><td>VPN</td><td>virtual private network</td></tr><tr><td>WIP</td><td>Work in progress</td></tr><tr><td>XML</td><td>eXtensible Markup Language</td></tr></tbody></table>