Acronyms
This appendix lists acronyms found in the Oracle Utilities Network Management System and its documentation.
Acronym
Description
AMI
Advanced Metering Infrastructure
ACT
Active
ADMS
Advanced Distribution Management System
AMR
Automated Meter Reading
API
Application Programming Interface
App
Application (typically mobile or tablet based)
ATO
Automatic Throw Over
AVL
Automatic Vehicle Location
CCB
Oracle Utilities Customer Care and Billing
CIS
Customer Information System
CMI
Customer Minutes Interrupted
CSS
Oracle Utilities Customer Self Service
CSV
Comma Separated Values
CVR
Conservation Voltage Reduction
DA
Distribution Automation /
Damage Assessment
DCZ
Delegated Control Zone
DER
Distributed Energy Resource
DERMS
Distributed Energy Resource Management System
DG
Distributed Generation
DMS
Distribution Management System
DNP
Distributed Network Protocol
DR
Demand Response
EAT
Estimated Assessment Time
EDM
Energy Delivery Assessment
EMR
Emergency
ERT
Estimated Restoration Time
FCA
Feeder Contingency Analysis
FLA
Fault Location Analysis
FLISR
Fault Location, Isolation, and Service Restoration
FLM
Feeder Load Management
GIS
Geographic Information System
GPS
Global Positioning System
GRP
Group
HSB
Hue/Saturation/Brightness
HTML
Hypertext Markup Language
ICCP
Inter-Control Center Communications Protocol
IEEE
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
iOS
Operating System for Apple Mobile Devices.
IVR
Interactive Voice Response
JDBC
Java Database Connectivity API
JNDI
Java Naming and Directory Interface
kV
kilovolt
kVA
kilovolt-ampere
kVAr
kilovolt-ampere reactive
kW
kilowatt
LTC
Load Tap Changer
MDM
Oracle Utilities Meter Data Management System
MDT
Mobile Data Terminal
MED
Medical
MWM
Oracle Utilities Mobile Workforce Management
NCG
Network Control Group
NMS
Oracle Utilities Network Management System
NTS
NMS Training Simulator
ODM
Oracle Utilities Operational Device Management
OMS
Outage Management System
OPT
Optimization
ORS
Oracle Real-Time Scheduler
OS
Operating System
OSX
Apple Operating System for Macintosh Computers
OUA
Oracle Utilities Analytics
PDF
Portable Document Format
PF
Power Flow
RDBMS
Relational Database Management System
RGB
Red/Green/Blue
ROW
Right of Way
RTF
Rich Text Format
RTU
Remote Terminal Unit
SA
Service Alert
SCADA
Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition
SDK
Software Development Kit
SGG
Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway
SMS
Short Message Service
SMTP
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
SQL
Structured Query Language
SRS
Service Reliability System
SS
Suggested Switching
STD
Standard
TBG
To Be Grouped
TBU
To Be Ungrouped
TTL
Time-to-Live
URI
Uniform Resource Identifier
URL
Uniform Resource Locator (Internet Address)
VA
Number of Violations After
VB
Number of Violations Before
VVO
Volt/VAr Optimization
WAM
Oracle Utilities Work and Asset Management
WCB
Web Callbacks
WCE
Web Call Entry
WLS
Oracle WebLogic Server
WMS
Work Management System
WS
Web Service
WW
Web Workspace
XML
Extensible Markup Language
XSL
Extensible Stylesheet Language
XSLT
Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations