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Acronyms and abbreviations

The table below lists the acronyms and/or abbreviations used in this document and/or on the FTC portal.

Acronym/Abbreviation

Terminology

2FA

Two-factor authentication

Note: This term is used in FortiGate/FortiOS. It carries the same meaning as "MFA" (listed below) used in FortiToken Cloud.

MFA

Multi-factor authentication.

Auth

Authentication

FAC

FortiAuthenticator

FC

FortiCloud

FGT

FortiGate

FOS

FortiOS

FTC

FortiToken Cloud

FTK

FortiToken (hardware token)

FTM

FortiToken Mobile (software token)

OTP

One-time password

SMS

Short message service

SSO

Single sign-on

TOTP

Time-based one-time password

UTC

Universal Time Coordinated (or Coordinated Universal Time)

Acronyms and abbreviations

The table below lists the acronyms and/or abbreviations used in this document and/or on the FTC portal.

Acronym/Abbreviation

Terminology

2FA

Two-factor authentication

Note: This term is used in FortiGate/FortiOS. It carries the same meaning as "MFA" (listed below) used in FortiToken Cloud.

MFA

Multi-factor authentication.

Auth

Authentication

FAC

FortiAuthenticator

FC

FortiCloud

FGT

FortiGate

FOS

FortiOS

FTC

FortiToken Cloud

FTK

FortiToken (hardware token)

FTM

FortiToken Mobile (software token)

OTP

One-time password

SMS

Short message service

SSO

Single sign-on

TOTP

Time-based one-time password

UTC

Universal Time Coordinated (or Coordinated Universal Time)