ACA

Academy of Certified Archivists

ADP

automatic data processing

AIIM

Association for Information and Image Management

ANSI

American National Standards Institute

API

application program interface

ARM

archives and records management

ARMA

Association of Records Managers and Administrators

ASCII

american standard code for information interchange

ASP

application service provider

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B2B

business-to-business

B2C

business-to-consumer

B2E

business-to-employee

BASIC

beginners all-purpose symbolic instruction code

BBS

bulletin board system

Bcc

blind carbon copy

BIOS

basic input/output system

BLOB

binary large objects

BMP

bitmap graphical image format

BPMI

Business Process Management Initiative

BPA

business process automation

BPI

bits per inch

BPI

business process integration

BPM

business process management

BPML

business process modeling language

BPO

business process outsourcing

BPR

business process reengineering or business process redesign

BSP

business service providers

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CAD

computer-aided design

CADD

computer-aided drafting and design

CAE

computer assisted engineering

CAGR

compound annual growth rate

CAR

computer assisted retrieval

CDIA

Certified Document Imaging Architech

CD-R

compact disk - recordable

CD-ROM

compact disk - read only memory

CD-RW

compact disk - rewritable

CDSP

content distribution service provider

CFR

code of federal regulation

CGI

common gateway interface

CIM

computer input microfilm

CM

content management

COBOL

common business oriented language

COLD

computer output to laser disk

COM

computer output microfilm

COTS

commercial off-the-shelf software

CPDM

collaborative product definition management

CPU

central processing unit

CRM

Certified Records Manager

CRM

customer relationship management

CSR

code of state regulation

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DASD

direct access storage device

DAM

digital asset management

DAT

digital audio tape

DBMS

database management system

DM

document management

DMA

Document Management Alliance

DMIA

Document Management Industries Association

DOS

disk operating system

DPI

dots per inch

DRM

digital rights management

DTD

document type definitions

DVD

digital versatile disk

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EAD

encoded archival description

EAI

enterprise application integration

EBCDIC

extended binary coded decimal interchange code

EBPP

electronic bill presentment and payment

ECM

enterprise content management

EDI

electronic data interchange

EDMS

electronic document management system

EFT

electronic funds transfer

EIM

electronic image management

EmTAG

Emerging Technology Advisory Group

ERKS

electronic record keeping system

ERM

electronic records management

ERM

enterprise report management

ERMS

electronic records management system

ERP

enterprise resource planning

FbIA

Film-based Imaging Association

FAT

file allocation table

FTP

file transfer protocol

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GB

gigabyte

GIF

graphical interchange format

GIS

geographic information system

GRS

general retention schedule

GUI

graphical user interface

HIPAA

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

HSM

hierarchical storage management

HTML

hypertext markup language

HTTP

hypertext transfer protocol

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ICA

International Council on Archives

ICR

intelligent character recognition

ICRM

Institute of Certified Records Managers

IDARS

integrated document archive and retrieval systems

IDE

integrated drive electronics

IDE

intelligent drive electronics

IDS

intelligent document scanning

IEEE

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

IM

information management

IMAP

internet message access protocal

IRM

information resource management

ISDN

integrated services digital network

ISO

International Organization for Standardization

ISP

internet service provider

IT

information technology

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J2EE

java 2 platform, enterprise edition

JFIF

JPG file interchange format

JPEG

joint photographic experts group

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KB

kilobyte

KM

knowledge management

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LAN

local area network

LCD

liquid crystal display

LDAP

limited directory access protocol

LIT

Laureate of Information Technologies

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MARC

machine readable cataloging

MB

megabyte

MES

manufacturing execution system

MICR

magnetic ink character recognition

MIME

multi-purpose internet mail extensions

MIPS

million instructions per second

MIT

Master of Information Technologies

MSP

management service provider

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NAGARA

National Association of Government Archives and Records Administrators

NARA

National Archives and Records Administration

NAS

network attached storage

NHPRC

National Historical Publications and Recoreds Commission

NIC

network interface card

NIST

National Institute of Standards and Technology

NITF

national imagery transmission format

NPES

The Association for Suppliers of Printing, Publishing, and Converting Technologies

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OASIS

Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards

OCR

optical character recognition

ODMA

open document management API

OLAP

online analytical processing

OLE

object linking and embedding

OMG

Object Management Group

OMR

optical mark recognition

OS

operating system

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P2P

peer-to-peer

PC

personal computer

PCMCIA

Personal Computer Memory Card International Association

PDA

personal digital assistant

PDF

portable document format

PDF/A

portable document format/archive

PKI

public key infrastructure

POP

post office protocol

POP3

post office protocol, version 3

PPP

point to point protocol

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QC

quality control

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R and D

research and development

RAID

redundant array of independent disks

RAM

random access memory

RDBMS

relational database management system

RDF

resource description framework

RFI

request for information

RFP

request for proposal

RIM

records and information management

RM

records management

ROI

return on investment

ROM

read-only memory

RMAA

Records Management Association of Australiasia

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SAA

Society of American Archivists

SAN

storage area network

SCSI

small computer system interface

SGML

standard generalized markup language

SVG

scalable vector graphics

SLA

service level agreement

SLIP

serial line internet protocol

SMTP

simple mail transfer protocol

SNIA

Storage Network Industry Association

SOAP

simple object access protocol

SQL

structured query language

SRM

storage resource management

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TCP/IP

transmission control protocol/internet protocol

TCO

total cost of ownership

TIFF

tag image file format

TWAIN

technology without an interesting name

TAWPI

The Association for Work Process Improvement

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UDDI

universal discovery, description, and integration

UI

user interface

UML

unified modeling language

UPS

uninterruptible power supply

URI

uniform resource identifiers

URL

uniform resource locator

USB

universal serial bus

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VAD

value added distributor

VAR

value added reseller

VGA

video graphics array

VPN

virtual private network

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W3C

World Wide Web Consortium

WAN

wide area network

WAP

wireless application protocol

WCM

web content management

WebDAV

Web document authoring and versioning

WfMC

Workflow Management Coalition

WiFi

wireless fidelity

WML

wireless markup language

WORM

write once, read many

WSDL

web service definition language

WSDL

web service description language

WYSIWYG

what you see is what you get

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XFDL

extensible forms description language

XML

extensible markup language

XPDL

XML processing description language or XML process definition language

XQL

XML query language

XSLT

extensible style language transformations

Sources

ANSI/AIIM TR02 1998

Glossary of Document Technologies

e-doc

AIIM E-DOC Magazine

www.w3.org

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