The following is a list of acronyms used within this guide.
ABCS
Application Business Connector Service
AIA
Application Integration Architecture
ABM
Application Business Message
ABO
Application Business Object
EBM
Enterprise Business Message
EBO
Enterprise Business Object
RGBU
Retail Global Business Unit
SOA
Service Oriented Architecture: This term refers to an architectural style of building reliable distributed systems that deliver functionality as services, with additional emphasis on loose coupling between interacting services.