A list of the most common standard abbreviations and acronyms for use within Information Technology and IT Project-Management.
List of Computing / IT Acronyms
- SMB - Small Midsize Business
- ERP - Enterprise Resource Planning
- ASCII - American Standard Code for Information Interchange
- API - Application Program Interface
- BAPI - Business API
- CASE - Computer Aided Software Engineering
- DOM - Document Object Model
- EAI - Enterprise Application Integration
- GUI - Graphical User Interface
- HTML - HyperText Markup Language
- J2EE - Java 2 Enterprise Edition
- JSP - Java Server Page
- JRE - Java Runtime Environment
- LUW - Logical Unit of Work
- LIFO - Last in First Out
- MVC - Model-View-Controller
- ODBO - OLE DB for OLAP
- OLAP - Online-Analytical-Processing
- OLTP - Online-Transaction-Processing
- RFC - Remote Function Call
- RFC - Request for Change / Comments
- RPC - Remote Procedure Call
- RSS - Rich Site Summary
- RSS - Really Simple Syndication
- SaaS - Software as a Service
- SOAP - Simple Object Access Protocol
- SOA - Service-oriented architecture
- SSL - Secure Sockets Layer
- SVG - Scalable Vector Graphics
- TCP - Transmission Control Protocol
- UML - Unified Modeling Language
- VPN - Virtual Private Network
- XML - Extensible Markup Language
List of Management / Business Abbreviations
- (Project) Management
- AIDA(S) - Attention, Interest, Desire, Action, Satisfaction
- KISS - Keep it short and simple
Business version: Keep it Simple, Stupid - KPI - Key performance indicator
- LOI - Letter of Intent
- MBO - Management by Objectives
- NPV - Net present value
- PM - Project Manager
- POC - Proof of Concept
- POS - Point of sale
- PQP - Project Quality Plan
- RFI - Request for Information
- RFP - Request for Proposal
- RIP - Rest in Peace
- ROI - Return on Investment
- ROI - Region of Interest
- SMART - Specific, Measurable,
Achievable, Relevant, Time-Specific - SOD - Statement of Direction
- T&M - Time and Material
- TCO - Total cost of ownership
- TQM - Total Quality Management
- UAT - User Acceptance Test
- USP - Unique Selling Point / Proposition
- WIP - Work in Process
- Business Process / Area
- AP - Accounts Payable
- AR - Accounts Receivables
- BI - Business Intelligence
- BW - Business Warehousing
- BPM - Business Process Management
- CPM - Corporate Performance Management
- CoA - Charts of Accounts
- CpD - Conto-pro-Diverse
- DWH - Data Warehouse
- CMS - Content Management System
- CRM - Customer Relationship Management
- ERP - Enterprise Resource Planning
- GL - General Ledger
- KM - Knowledge Management
- SCM - Supply Chain Management