Acronyms
What does that acronym stand for?
In our world of ECM
( Enterprise Content Management),
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
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