Acronym Mania
What does that acronym stand for?
In our world of ECM (that's Enterprise Content Management), so many phrases turn into acronyms that turn into readily acceptable words in our vocabulary. From the days of microfilm and electronic imaging, to today's high-tech, high-speed digital and Web world, we've compiled this ever-growing list.
Think we've overlooked some crucial term? Email your contribution to us at info@softechis.com.
AIIM - Association for Information and Image Management
API - application program interface
ARM - archives and records management
ASCII -American standard code for information interchange
ASP - application service provider
B2B - business-to-business
B2C - business-to-consumer
B2E - business-to-employee
BASIC - beginners all-purpose symbolic instruction code
BLOB - binary large objects
BMP - bitmap graphical image format
BPA - business process automation
BPI - business process integration
BPM - business process management
BPML - business process modeling language
BPO - business process outsourcing
BPR - business process re-engineering or business process redesign
BSP - business service providers
CAD - computer-aided design
CADD - computer-aided drafting and design
CAGR - compound annual growth rate
CDIA - Certified Document Imaging Architect
CD-R - compact disc - recordable
CD-ROM - compact disc - read only memory
CD-RW - compact disc - re-writable
CDSP - content distribution service provider
CM - content management
COLD - computer output to laser disk
COLD/ERM - computer output to laser disk/enterprise report management
COM - computer output microfilm
CPDM - collaborative product definition management
CRM - customer relationship management
DAM - digital asset management
DBMS - database management system
DM - document management
DOS - disk operating system
DRM - digital rights management
DTD - document type definitions or document type declaration
DVD - digital versatile disk
EAI - enterprise application integration
EBPP - electronic bill presentment and payment
ECM - enterprise content management
EDI - electronic data interchange
EDI - enterprise data integration
EDMS - electronic document management system
EIM - electronic image management
ERM - electronic records management
ERM - enterprise report management
ERMS - electronic records management system
ERP - enterprise resource planning
FDD - floppy disk drive
FDDI - fiber distributed data interface
FTP - file transfer protocol
GIF - graphical interchange format
GPS - global positioning system
GUI - graphical user interface
HIPAA - Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
HSM - hierarchical storage management
HTML - hypertext markup language
HTTP - hypertext transfer protocol
ICR - intelligent character recognition
IDARS - integrated document archive and retrieval systems
IDS - intelligent document scanning
ISP - Internet service provider
IT - information technology
J2EE - Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition
JFIF - JPG file interchange format
JPEG - joint photographic experts group
KB - Kilobyte
Kbps - Kilobyte per second
KM - knowledge management
LAN - local area network
LDAP - limited directory access protocol
LIT - Laureate of Information Technologies
MES - manufacturing execution system
MICR - magnetic ink character recognition
MIT - Master of Information Technologies
MSP - management service provider
NAS - network attached storage
NFS - network file system
NITF - national imagery transmission format
NOC - Network operations center
OCR - optical character recognition
ODMA - Open Document Management API
OLAP - online analytical processing
OMR - optical mark recognition
P2P - peer-to-peer
PDA - personal digital assistant
PDF - portable document format
PDF/a - PDF/archive
PKI - public key infrastructure
QA - quality assurance
QC - quality control
QWERTY - standard keyboard
R & D - research and development
RAID - redundant array of independent drives
RAM - random access memory
RDBMS - relational database management system
RDF - resource description framework
RFI - request for information
RFP - request for proposal
RM - records management
ROI - return on investment
ROM - read-only memory
SAN - storage area network
SCSI - small computer system interface
SGV - scalable vector graphics
SLA - service level agreement
SOAP - simple object access protocol
SQL - structured query language
SRM - storage resource management
TCO - total cost of ownership
TIFF - tag image file format
UDDI - universal discovery, description, and integration
UI - user interface
URI - uniform resource identifiers
URL - uniform resource locator
VAD - value added dealer
VAR - value added reseller
WAN - wide area network
WAP - wireless application protocol
WCM - web content management
WebDAV - Web document authoring and versioning
WML - wireless markup language
WORM - write once, read many
WSDL - Web service definition language or Web service description language
XFDL - extensible forms description language
XML - extensible markup language
XPDL - XML processing description language or
XML process definition language
XQL - XML query language
XSLT - extensible style language transformations
Organizations
AIIM - Association for Information and Image Management
ANSI - American National Standards Institute
ARMA - Association for Information Management Professionals (formerly Association of Records Managers and Administrators)
BPMI - Business Process Management Initiative
DMA - Document Management Alliance
DMIA - Document Management Industries Association
EmTAG - Emerging Technology Advisory Group
FbIA - Film-based Imaging Association
IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
ISO - International Organization for Standardization
NIST - National Institute of Standards and Technology
NPES - The Association for Suppliers of Printing, Publishing, and Converting Technologies
OASIS - Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards
OMG - Object Management Group
PCMCIA - Personal Computer Memory Card International Association
PRISM - Public Retirement Information Systems Management
SNIA - Storage Network Industry Association
TAWPI - The Association for Work Process Improvement
W3C - World Wide Web Consortium
WfMC - Workflow Management Coalition
