ABC

activity-based costing

ABM

Activity-Based Management

ADO

ActiveX Data Object

AE

accountability element

AJP

Apache JServ Protocol

AJAX

Asynchronous JavaScript and XML

API

application programming interface

ASMTP

Authenticated SMTP

ASP

Active Server Pages

BAT

batch file extension

BI

Business Intelligence

BPM

Business Performance Management

CA

certificate authority

CMD

command file extension

CN

common name

COGS

cost of goods sold

CORBA

Common Object Request Broker Architecture

CPM

corporate performance management

CSC

custom calculation scripts file extension

DBCS

double-byte character set

DBMS

database management system

DC

domain component

DCOM

Distributed Component Object Model

DHTML

Dynamic Hypertext Markup Language

DIT

directory information tree

DLL

dynamic link library

DN

distinguished name

DNS

Domain Name System

DOM

Document Object Model

DSN

data source name

DTD

Document Type Definition

EAR

enterprise application archive file

EIS

executive information system

EJB

Enterprise JavaBeans

EPB

Enterprise Planning and Budgeting

EPM

Enterprise Performance Management

ERP

enterprise resource planning

ESM

editable source master

ESMTP

Extended SMTP

FP

fix pack

FTP

File Transfer Protocol

GAAP

generally accepted accounting principles

GIF

Graphics Interchange Format

GSKit7

IBM Global Security Kit 7

GUI

graphical user interface

GSM

Global Service Manager

HTML

HyperText Markup Language

HTTP

HyperText Transfer Protocol

HTTPS

HyperText Transfer Protocol layered over the SSL protocol; secure HTTP

ID

identification

I/O

input/output

IP

Internet Protocol

JAIN

Java APIs for Integrated Networks

JDBC

Java Database Connectivity

JDK

Java Development Kit

J2EE

Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition

JFC

Java Foundation Classes

JRE

Java Runtime Environment

JSP

JavaServer Pages

JSSE

Java Secure Socket Extension

JVM

Java Virtual Machine

KPI

key performance indicator

LAN

local area network

LCM

Life Cycle Management

LDAP

Lightweight Directory Access Protocol

LRO

linked reporting object

LSC

Local Service Configurator

LSM

Local Service Manager

MDDB

multidimensional database

MDX

Multidimensional Expression Language

MIME

Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions

MSAD

Microsoft Active Directory

ND

Network Deployment

NFS

network file system

NTFS

New Technology file system

NTLM

Windows NT LAN Manager

OCI

Oracle Call Interface

ODBC

open database connectivity

OLAP

online analytical processing

OLE

Object Linking and Embedding

ORA

Oracle file name extension

ORB

Object Request Broker

OTL

outline file extension (Oracle Essbase)

PDF

Portable Document Format

P&L

profit and loss

POV

point of view

PRX

Adapter icon file name extension

PV

present value

RAM

random access memory

RDBMS

relational database management system

REP

report scripts file extension

RMI

Remote Method Invocation

ROM

read-only memory

RPC

Remote Procedure Call

RSC

Remote Service Configurator

RTP

runtime prompt

RUL

Business Rules file extension

SAP JCo, JCo

SAP Java Connector

SDK

Software Development Kit

SE

strategy element

SEM

Strategic Enterprise Management

SID

(Oracle) System Identification value (database instance)

SMTP

Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

SOAP

Simple Object Access Protocol

SP

service pack

SPM

Strategic Performance Management

SQL

structured query language

SSAS

SQL Server Analysis Services

SSL

Secure Sockets Layer

SSO token

single sign-on token

STP

Summary Time Period

TAR

tape archive (UNIX archive file)

TBH

To be hired

TCP/IP

Transmission Control Protocol based on Internet Protocol

UDA

user-defined attribute; Universal Data Access

UDL

Universal Data Link

UI

user interface

UID

user identification

URI

Uniform Resource Identifier

URL

Uniform Resource Locator

URN

Uniform Resource Name

UTF-8

8-bit Unicode Transformation Format

UUID

universally unique identifier

VBIS

Vignette Business Integration Studio

VNC

Virtual Network Computing

WAN

wide area network

WAR

WebARchive file

W3C

World Wide Web Consortium

WWW

World Wide Web

XML

Extensible Markup Language

Xvfb

X virtual frame buffer

XREF

cross reference; Data reference source to a remote cube

ZIP

data compression and archival file format