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# Glossary
```{glossary}
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Authentication
Checking the validity of a claim (e.g. an identity claim). Making sure that a claim is "authentic."
Certification
"Third party Signature" on a certificate, making a statement about that certificate, or an identity in the certificate
CA
[Certificate authority](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Certificate_authority) or certification authority. An entity that handles digital certificates, especially by signing or issuing them.
Delegation
See {term}`Trust signature`
Certificate
See {term}`OpenPGP Certificate`
Key
See {term}`OpenPGP Key`
OpenPGP Key
Used either for an OpenPGP Certificate (containing public key material and metadata), or for an See {term}`OpenPGP Private Key`
OpenPGP Private Key
The combination of an {term}`OpenPGP Certificate` and the associated private key material
OpenPGP Certificate
An OpenPGP certificate contains public key material, identity claims and third party certifications (but no private key material)
Revocation certificate
A type of signature that invalidates a previous statement made via a signature
Trust signature
a specific type of certification for a certificate, which marks that key as a "trusted introducer" (i.e. the party that creates the trust signature signals that they will trust certifications that the "trusted introducer" makes on certificates)
tsig
See {term}`Trust signature`
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