ABBREVIATIONS, ACRONYMS AND DEFINITIONS

Technical people love to use abbreviations and acronyms. It gives them a little edge in that they know what is going on and the rest of us don’t have a clue. Part of getting into a technical career is learning the “lingo” and what it all means. We can have a look at some of the abbreviations and acronyms, but as you know from using social media there are many more.

ABBREVIATIONS

An abbreviation is a shortened form of a word or phrase.

Abbreviation	Expansion
BAM	Business Activity Monitoring
BPM	Business Process Management
CMO	Configuration Management Office
CPU	Central Processing Unit
CSR	Customer Service Representative
DMO	Documentation Management Office
EDM	Electronic Document Management
FRU	Field Replaceable Unit
KPI	Key Performance Indicators
MOQ	Minimum Order Quantity
RFQ	Request For Quotation
RMA	Return Merchandise Authorisation
RMP	Release Management Procedure
SLA	Service Level Agreements
SOP	Service Level Agreements

 

ACRONYMS

An acronym is a shortened form of a word or phrase which can be pronounced as a word.

Acronym	Expansion
RAM	Random Access Memory
NATO	North Atlantic Treaty Organization
SCUBA	Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus
RAID	Redundant Array of Independent Disks

 

Remember that all acronyms are abbreviations, but not all abbreviations are acronyms.

 

DEFINITIONS

A definition is a statement of the meaning of a word, often drawn from an acknowledged authoritative source, such as an encyclopaedia or a dictionary.
We are not going to say that Artificial Intelligence is an authoritative source until it is really a lot better.

Concept	Definition
Voltage	Voltage is the electric potential difference per unit charge between two points in an electric field.
Speed	Speed is the rate at which an object changes its position with time.
Velocity	Velocity is the rate at which an object changes its position with time, in a specific direction
Protocol	A protocol is a formal set of rules that determines how two or more systems exchange information. It specifies the structure, timing, sequencing, and error-handling procedures required to ensure that communication happens reliably and consistently across a network.