Acronyms

AOL	America Online
API	Application Programming Interface
APPC	[IBM s] Advanced Program-to-Program Communications
ASP	[Microsoft s] Active Server Pages
ATM	Asynchronous Transfer Mode or Automated Teller Machine
AVK	Application Verification Kit
AWT	Abstract Windows Toolkit or Advanced Windows Toolkit
b2b	Business-to-Business
b2c	Business-to-Consumer
b2e	Business-to-Employee
BAL	Basic Assembler Language
BEEP	Blocks Extensible Exchange Protocol
BPEL4WS	Business Process Execution Language for Web Services
CA	Certificate Authority
CDC	Connected Device Configuration
CGI	Common Gateway Interface
CICS	[IBM s] Customer Information Control System
CLR	Common Language Runtime
CML	Chemical Markup Language
COM	[Microsoft s] Component Object Model
CORBA	Common Object Request Broker Architecture
CPU	Central Processing Unit
CRM	Customer Relationship Management
CSS	Cascading Stylesheets
CTO	Chief Technical Officer
cXML	Commerce XML
D&B	Dunn & Bradstreet
DC	Digital Certificate
DCE	Distributed Computing Environment
DCOM	[Microsoft s] Distributed Component Object Model
DES	Data Encryption Standard
DIME	Direct Internet Message Encapsulation
DMZ	Demilitarized Zone
DN	Distinguished Name
DNS	Domain Name Server or Domain Name Service/ System
DOM	Document Object Model
DTD	Document Type Definition
EAI	Enterprise Application Integration
ebXML	Electronic Business XML
EC	Engineering Change
ECMA	European Computer Manufacturers Association
EJB	Enterprise JavaBeans
ERP	Enterprise Resource Planning
FTC	[U.S.] Federal Trade Commission
FTP	File Transfer Protocol
GUI	Graphical User Interface
GUID	Globally Unique Identifier
HTML	HyperText Markup Language
HTTP	HyperText Transfer Protocol
HTTPR	Reliable HTTP
HTTPS	HTTP Secure or HTTP over SSL
IDE	Integrated Development Environment
IDS	Intrusion Detection System
IE	[Microsoft s] Internet Explorer
IETF	Internet Engineering Task Force
IIOP	Internet Inter-ORB Protocol
IIS	[Microsoft s] Internet Information Server
IKE	Internet Key Exchange
IP	Internet Protocol
IPSec	IP Security
IPX	[Novell s] Internetwork Packet Exchange
IS	Information System
ISO	International Organization for Standardization
IT	Information Technology
J2EE	Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition
J2ME	Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition
J2RE	Java 2 Runtime Environment
J2SDK	Java 2 Software Developer Kit
J2SE	Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition
JAXB	Java Architecture for XML Binding
JAXP	Java API for XML Parsing
JAXR	Java API for XML Registries
JAX-RPC	Java API for XML-based RPC
JCA	Java Connector Architecture
JCE	Java Cryptography Extension
JCP	Java Community Process
JDBC	Java Database Connectivity
JDK	Java Developer Kit
JIT	Just-in-Time [Java Compiler]
JMS	Java Message Service
JMX	Java Management Extensions
JNDI	Java Naming and Directory Interface
JPEG	[images formatted per] Joint Photographic Experts Group [standard]
JRE	Java Runtime Environment
JSF	JavaServer Faces
JSP	JavaServer Pages
JSSE	Java Secure Socket Extension
JTA	Java Transaction API
JVM	Java Virtual Machine
KM	Knowledge Management
LDAP	Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
LU	Logical Unit
MAC	Media Access Control
MEJB	Management EJB
MEP	Message Exchange Pattern
MIME	Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
MQ	Message Queuing
MSN	Microsoft Network
NAICS	North American Industry Classification System
NAT	Network Address Translation
NDS	Novell Directory Services
NetBIOS	Network Basic Input Output System
OASIS	Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Systems
ODBC	Open Database Connectivity
OEM	Other Equipment Manufacturer
OLAP	Online Analytical Processing
OO	Object Orientation
ORB	Object Request Broker
OSI	[ISO s] Open Systems Interconnection
PCDATA	Parsed Character Data
PDA	Personal Digital Assistant
PDF	Portable Data Format
PKI	Public-Key Infrastructure
PKIX	Public-Key Infrastructure Exchange
PO	Purchase Order
PU	Physical Unit
R&D	Research and Development
RA	Registration Authority
RAM	Random Access Memory
RAS	Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability or Remote Access Server/Services
RMI	Remote Method Invocation
ROI	Return on Investment
RPC	Remote Procedure Call
SAA	[IBM s] Systems Application Architecture
SAAJ	SOAP with Attachments API for Java
SAX	Simple API for XML
SCM	Supply Chain Management
SDK	Software Developer Kit or Software Development Kit
SGML	Standard Generalized Markup Language
SIC	Standard Industrial Classification
SMP	Symmetric Multiprocessing
SMTP	Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
SNA	[IBM s] Systems Network Architecture
SOAP	No longer an acronym as of SOAP 1.2 ”used to be Simple Object Access Protocol
SOHO	Small Office, Home Office
SQL	Structured Query Language
SSL	Secure Sockets Layer
SSO	Single Sign-on
STD	Sexually Transmitted Disease
SWOT	Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats
TCP	Transmission Control Protocol
TLS	Transport Layer Security
tModel	Technical Model
tpaML	Trading Partner Agreement Markup Language
UBR	UDDI Business Registry or Universal Business Registry
UDDI	Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration
UN	United Nations
UNSPSC	United Nations Standard Products and Services Code System
URI	Uniform Resource Identifier or Universal Resource Identifier
URL	Universal Resource Locator
URN	Uniform Resource Names
UUID	Universally Unique Identifiers
VB	[Microsoft s] Visual BASIC
VM	Virtual Machine
VPN	Virtual Private Network
W3C	World Wide Web Consortium
WAS	[IBM s] WebSphere Application Server
WAS ND	[IBM s] WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment
WIN2003	[Microsoft s] Windows Server 2003
WinTel	Windows/Intel Platform
WML	Wireless Markup Language
WSDL	Web Services Description Language
WSDP	Web Services Developer Pack
WSFL	Web Services Flow Language
WS-I	Web Services Interoperability Organization
WSIA	Web Services for Interactive Applications
WSRP	Web Services for Remote Portals
WSTK	Web Services Toolkit
WSTP	[IBM s] WebSphere Transcoding Publisher
WSXL	Web Services Experience Language
XHTML	Extensible HTML
XKMS	XML Key Management Specification
XML	Extensible Markup Language
XSD	XML Schema Definition Language
XSL	Extensible Stylesheet Language
XSL-FO	XSL Formatting Objects
XSLT XSL	Transformations
XWSS XML	Web Services Security
Y2K	Year 2000