ACID |
Atomicity Consistency Isolation Durability |
| ACK | Acknowledgment |
| ADL | Architecture Definition Language |
| AD | Applications Development |
| API | Applications Programming Interface |
| ARPA | Advanced Research Projects Agency |
BSD |
Berkeley Software Distribution |
| BU | Business Unit |
CICS |
Customer Information Control System |
| CNOS | Corporate Network Operating System |
| COM | Component Object Model |
| CORBA | Common Object Request Broker Architecture |
| CPU | Central Processing Unit |
| C/S | Client/Server |
| CSA | Consolidated Security Administration |
DARPA |
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency |
| DBMS | Database Management System |
| DCE | Distributed Computing Environment |
| DDCS | Distributed Database Connectivity Services |
| DLL | Dynamic Link Library |
| DNS | Domain Name Service |
| DSM | Distributed Security Manager |
| DSOM | Distributed System Object Model |
| DSSA | Domain Specific Software Architecture |
EDA/SQL |
Enterprise Data Access/SQL |
| EDI | Electronic Data Interchange |
| ESA | Enterprise Systems Architecture |
| EBCDIC | Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code |
| FTE | Full-Time Equivalent |
3GL |
Third-Generation Language |
| 4GL | Fourth-Generation Language |
| GUI | Graphical User Interface |
HTML |
Hypertext Markup Language |
| HTTP | Hypertext Transfer Protocol |
IDL |
Interface Definition Language |
| IEEE | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
| I/O | Input/Output |
| IPX | Internetwork Packet Exchange |
| IS | Information Systems |
| ISO | International Organization for Standardization |
| ISV | Independent Software Vendor |
| IT | Information Technology |
| IEEE | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
LAN |
Local-Area Network |
| LOC | Lines of Code |
MAA |
Microsoft Application Architecture |
| MIPS | Millions of Instructions Per Second |
| MOM | Message-Oriented Middleware |
| MQ | Message Queuing |
NAK |
Negative Acknowledgment |
| NDS | NetWare Directory Service |
| NFS | Network File System |
| NOS | Network Operating System |
| NSF | National Science Foundation |
OLE |
Object Linking and Embedding |
| OLE DB | OLE Database |
| OMG | Object Management Group |
| OO | Object-Oriented |
| ORB | Object Request Broker |
| OSI | Open Systems Interconnection |
| OSF | Open Software Foundation |
| OS | Operating System |
PC |
Personal computer |
QoS |
Quality of Service |
RAAD |
Rapid Architecture for Applications Development |
| R&D | Research and Development |
| RDBMS | Relational Database Management System |
| RFC | Request For Comments |
| RPC | Remote Procedure Call |
SAA |
System Applications Architecture |
| SNA | Systems Network Architecture |
| SOM | System Object Model |
| SQL | Structured Query Language |
| SSO | Single Sign-On |
TCP/IP |
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol |
| TP | Transaction Processing |
URL |
Uniform Resource Locator |
VB |
Visual Basic |