### Android Enterprise

A set of APIs and other tools provided by Google for developers to build
management solutions for Android devices.

### bring your own device (BYOD)

A personally owned device that an employee also uses for work. Work profiles,
which separate work apps from personal apps, are the recommended deployment
method for BYOD devices. For more information, see [Work profile for
employee-owned devices](https://developers.google.com/android/work/overview#employee-owned-devices).

### company-owned device

*Formerly known as **corp-liable device***

A device owned and fully managed by an employee's organization. Company-owned
devices can be set up exclusively for work use ([fully
managed](https://developers.google.com/android/work/terminology#fully_managed_device)), or to allow both work and personal use
([work profile for mixed-use company-owned devices](https://developers.google.com/android/work/terminology#work_profile_for_mixed-use_company-owned_devices)).
For more information, see [Company-owned devices for knowledge
workers](https://developers.google.com/android/work/overview#company-owned-work-profile).

### corporate-owned, personally enabled (COPE)

Deprecated. See [work profile for mixed-use company-owned devices](https://developers.google.com/android/work/terminology#work_profile_for_mixed-use_company-owned_devices).

### corp-liable device

Deprecated. See [company-owned device](https://developers.google.com/android/work/terminology#company-owned_device).

### corporate-owned, single use (COSU)

Deprecated. See [dedicated device](https://developers.google.com/android/work/terminology#dedicated_device).

### dedicated device

*Formerly known as **corporate-owned, single use (COSU)***

A subset of company-owned devices that are locked down to a limited set of apps
to serve a dedicated purpose, such as a check-in kiosk or digital signage. For
more information, see
[Company-owned devices for dedicated use](https://developers.google.com/android/work/overview#dedicated-devices).

### device account

A term used in the Google Play EMM API developer documentation for the account
on a [dedicated device](https://developers.google.com/android/work/terminology#dedicated_device). [Device
accounts](https://developers.google.com/android/work/play/emm-api/user-accounts#managed_google_play_accounts)
are not associated with individual users.

### device admin

A mode of operation that supports legacy deployments of pre 5.0 Android
devices, and allows the EMM's DPC limited control of a device. Partner support
for device admin is no longer provided. For more details, see [Device admin
deprecation](https://developers.google.com/android/work/device-admin-deprecation).

### device owner (DO)

*Compare to [profile owner](https://developers.google.com/android/work/terminology#profile_owner_po)*

The DPC installed on fully managed and dedicated devices is referred to as the
device owner.

### device policy controller (DPC)

An app that controls local device policies and system applications on devices.

### device provisioning

The process of setting up management on a device.

### enterprise mobility management (EMM)

An enterprise mobility management solution provider. EMMs provide a combination
of MDM and MAM features for organizations to manage their mobile devices.

### EMM console

An application created by an EMM for IT admins to manage mobile devices and
apps. EMM partners are responsible for maintaining and deploying an EMM console.
For more information, see [Integrate Android into your EMM
solution](https://developers.google.com/android/work/overview#integrate_android_into_your_emm_solution).

### EMM partner

An EMM that has followed the steps to [release an Android EMM
solution](https://developers.google.com/android/work/release-solution) and has passed product review.

### EMM token

A token used to bind an EMM's solution to an organization's existing managed
Google domain. For details, see [managed Google domain enrollment](https://developers.google.com/android/work/play/emm-api/create-enterprise#managed_google_domain_enrollment).

### enterprise service account (ESA)

An account used to manage Play EMM API resources. For details, see [Service
accounts](https://developers.google.com/android/work/play/emm-api/create-enterprise#prog-esa-gen).

### fully managed device

A device that is entirely managed by the user's organization, intended for
company-owned devices that are used exclusively for work purposes. For more
information, see [Company-owned devices for knowledge
workers](https://developers.google.com/android/work/overview#company-owned-devices-for-knowledge-workers).

### fully managed device with a work profile

A [fully managed device](https://developers.google.com/android/work/terminology#fully_managed_device) that is also provisioned
with a [work profile](https://developers.google.com/android/work/terminology#work_profile), intended for company-owned devices that
are used for both work and personal purposes.
This management mode was deprecated in Android 11 and replaced with
[work profile for mixed-use company-owned devices](https://developers.google.com/android/work/terminology#work_profile_for_mixed-use_company-owned_devices).

### Google Accounts enterprise

*Compare to [managed Google Play Accounts enterprise](https://developers.google.com/android/work/terminology#managed_google_play_accounts_enterprise)*

A type of enterprise binding that is linked to an existing managed Google
domain. With this type of enterprise binding, end users access managed Google
Play with their existing [managed Google Accounts](https://developers.google.com/android/work/terminology#managed_google_account). For
more information, see
[Organization onboarding](https://developers.google.com/android/work/overview#onboard_new_organizations).

### Google Admin console

Google-provided console that an IT admin uses to generate an EMM token and to
manage user accounts associated with the domain.

### Google Payments

In Android, the system used to process payments for apps. IT admins use [Google
Payments](https://support.google.com/payments/answer/6220307) to purchase apps
in bulk, and users use Google Payments to purchase apps using in-app billing.

### Google Workspace account

*Formerly known as **Google Apps account***

An account in a regular, organization-managed Google Workspace domain that is
claimed and managed in the Google Admin console.

### identity provisioning

The process of setting up users' managed accounts on devices and synchronizing
user information across databases.

### mobile application management (MAM)

A set of features for managing mobile apps in an enterprise environment.

### managed configurations

Enables IT admins to remotely configure apps in situations where the app
developer provides a managed configuration schema.

### managed Google Account

A Google Account that's managed by a managed Google domain.

### managed Google domain

A domain managed by an Android Enterprise solution. This is different from a
Google Workspace domain, which is a regular, organization-managed Google domain
that's claimed and managed in the Google Admin console.

### managed Google domain sign-up

The initial process an organization goes through to claim a managed
Google domain, which you then bind to your Android Enterprise solution. For
details, see [Managed Google domain sign-up](https://developers.google.com/android/work/play/emm-api/create-enterprise#managed_google_domain_sign-up).

### managed Google Play

*Formerly known as **Google Play for Work***

Content marketplace for Android apps. Admins use managed Google Play to manage
apps. For more about managed Google Play, see the [managed Google Play Help
Center](https://support.google.com/googleplay/work/#topic=6137710).

### managed Google Play Account

*Formerly known as **Android for Work Account***

An account that gives a user access to managed Google Play and apps approved
for them by their IT admin.

### managed Google Play Accounts enterprise

*Compare to [Google Accounts enterprise](https://developers.google.com/android/work/terminology#google_accounts_enterprise)*

A type of enterprise binding that isn't linked to an existing managed Google
domain. With this type of enterprise binding, end users access managed Google
Play with managed Google Play Accounts, which are provisioned for them by their
organization's EMM provider. For more information, see [Organization
onboarding](https://developers.google.com/android/work/overview#onboard_new_organizations).

### managed profile

See *[work profile](https://developers.google.com/android/work/terminology#work_profile)*

The term *managed profile* is used only in Android Open Source Project
documentation and code, where it refers to the generic functionality of a
managed corporate profile associated with the primary user account on an
Android device.

### mobile device management (MDM)

A set of features for managing device policies within an organization.

### OAuth 2.0

Open standard for authorization. You can use OAuth 2.0 with a [service
account](https://developers.google.com/identity/protocols/OAuth2ServiceAccount) to call Google APIs on
behalf of an application instead of using credentials that belong to an end
user.

### personal profile

On devices with a work profile, the area of the device outside the work profile.

### personal space

Deprecated. See *[personal profile](https://developers.google.com/android/work/terminology#personal_profile)*.

### private app

App visible only to selected users of a managed Google domain. For details, see
[Public, private, and self-hosted
apps](https://developers.google.com/android/work/distribute#public_private_and_self-hosted_apps).

### product

In the context of the Google Play EMM API, usually refers to a supported app in
the Google Play store or managed Google Play store.

### profile owner (PO)

*Compare to [device owner](https://developers.google.com/android/work/terminology#device_owner_do)*

For devices with work profiles, the DPC installed in the work profile is
referred to as the profile owner.

### secondary user

On some Android devices, you can set up a secondary user account that has its
own profiles. Adding a secondary user is not the same as adding another profile
to a device's primary user.

### Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML)

An identity-management protocol used in some [identity provisioning
scenarios](https://developers.google.com/android/work/play/emm-api/user-accounts#scenario-1).

### solution set

A set of management features organized by use case. For more information, see
[release a solution](https://developers.google.com/android/work/release-solution#2_develop_your_solution).

### work-managed device

Deprecated. See [*fully managed
device*](https://developers.google.com/android/work/terminology#fully_managed_device).

### work profile

A self-contained profile on an Android device that isolates work apps and data
from personal apps and data. For more details about work profiles, see [What is
a work profile?](https://support.google.com/work/android/answer/6191949) in the
Help Center.

### work profile for mixed-use company-owned devices

A work profile that also allows the organization to set device-wide policies and
restrictions that apply to the device's personal profile. As with a work profile
for BYOD devices, the organization has no visibility into the personal profile,
protecting end-user privacy.

### zero-touch enrollment

A method of assigning provisioning details for fully managed and dedicated
devices. For more information, see [Android zero-touch
enrollment](https://developers.google.com/zero-touch/guides/overview).