(1) (
Content
Security
Policy) A layer of security added to each Web page. See
content security policy.
(2) (
Certified
Systems
Professional) An earlier award for completion of an ICCP exam in systems development. See
ICCP.
(3) (
Commerce
Service
Provider) An organization that provides any or all of consulting, software and servers for e-commerce.
(4) (
Cryptographic
Service
Provider) Software that performs encryption. See
cryptography.
(5) (
Critical
Security
Parameter) An item of security data. See
cryptographic module.
(6) (
Cross
System
Product) An early IBM application generator. CSP/Application Development (CSP/AD) generated pseudocode executed by an interpreter in the target computer. It also compiled code for AS/400s. EZ-PREP and EZ-RUN were PC counterparts.
(7) (
Chip
Scale
Package,
Chip
Size
Package) A surface-mounted chip housing that is not much larger than the size of the die (see
surface mount). More than 100 types of CSPs have been developed, mostly using ball grid arrays (see
BGA).
CSP Package Types
These cross sections show leaded chip and BGA packages in both CSP and standard formats. (Illustrations courtesy of Joseph Fjelstad.)