File: http://www.terry.uga.edu/~jaronson/acronyms/acronym.html

Version: 11/25/97

Here is a list of MIS/DSS/MSS and general computer acronyms that I've collected over the past couple of years. If you see any corrections or items omitted from the list, please email me at jaronson@www.terry.uga.edu and I'll be happy to update the list.

Thank you in advance,

Sincerely,

Jay E. Aronson, Ph.D.,

Associate Professor of Management

Copyright, 1997, Jay E. Aronson, Athens, GA

Acronyms

AI: Artificial Intelligence

ANN: Artificial Neural Networks

ARCHIE: Archives (for Internet Access)

ASA: Another Stupid Acronym

C/S: Client/Server (Architecture)

CAI: Computer-aided Instruction

CASE: Computer-Aided Software Engineering

CBIS: Computer-based Information System

CBR: Case-based Reasoning

CF: Certainty Factor

CG: Conceptual Graph

CMS: Case Management System

CSF: Critical Success Factor

CYA: Cover Your (you know what!)

DAI: Distributed Artificial Intelligence

DB: Database

DBMS: Database Management System

DGMS: Dialog Generation and Management System

DDSS: Distributed DSS

DSS: Decision Support System

DM: Data Mining

DW: Data Warehouse

EBB: Electronic Bulletin Board

EC: Electronic Commerce

EC: Expert Choice (AHP Software Implementation)

EDI: Electronic Data Interchange

EDM: Electronic Document Management

EIS: Executive Information System

E-mail: Electronic Mail

EMS: Electronic Meeting System

EMYCIN: Empty MYCIN

EPR: Enhanced Product Realization

ES: Expert System

ESS: Executive Support System

EUC: End-user Computing (See EUD)

EUD: End-user Development (See EUC)

ETS: Expertise Transfer System

EXSYS: Expert System Development Shell (software package)

Extranet: External Internet

5GL: Fifth-generation Language

4GL: Fourth Generation Language

FTP: File Transfer Protocol

GDSS: Group Decision Support Systems (See GSS)

GIS: Geographic Information System

Gopher: Gopher this, Gopher that!

GPS: General-purpose Problem Solver

GSS: Group Support Systems (See GDSS)

GUI: Graphical User Interface

HTML: HyperText Markup Language

HTTP: HyperText Transfer Protocal

IA: Intelligent Agent (See ISA)

ICAI: Intelligent Computer-aided Instruction

IFPS: Interactive Financial Planning System (software package)

Internet: Interconnected Networks

Internet Softbot: Internet Software Robot

Intranet: Internal Internet

IRC: Internet Relay Chat

ISA: Intelligent Software Agent (See IA).

ITS: Intelligent Tutoring System

KA: Knowledge Acquisition

KD: Knowledge Discovery

KE: Knowledge Engineering

KIF: Knowledge Interchange Format

KISS: Keep It Simple Stupid

KPI: Key Performance Indicator

KQML: Knowledge Query and Manipulation Language

KR: Knowledge Representation

LSI: Large-Scale Integration

LP: Linear Programming

LISP: List Processor: A 5GL

MBMS: Model Base Management System

MIS: Management Information System

MOLAP: Multidimensional OLAP

MS: Management Sciences

MSS: Management Support System

MYCIN: Early Expert System

NC: Neural Computing

NGT: Nominal Group Technique

NLP: Natural Language Processing

NN: Neural Network

NSS: Negotiation Support Systems

OAS: Office Automation Systems

O-A-V Triplet: Objects, Attributes and Values

OLAP: Online Analytical Processing

OODBMS: Object-oriented Database Management System

OOSA: Object-Oriented Systems Analysis

ODSS: Organizational Decision Support System

OR: Operations Research

PDA: Personal Digital Assistant

PROLOG: Programming in Logic (a 5GL)

QR: Qualitative Reasoning

RGA: Repertory Grid Analysis

RMBMS: Relational Model Base Management System

ROLAP: Relational OLAP

ROMC: Representation, Operations, Memory Aids, Mechanism Control

SANN: Simulated Artificial Neural Network

SDLC: System Development Life Cycle

SQL: Structured Query Language

TR: Temporal Reasoning

TPS: Transaction Processing System

TS: Tabu Search

UI: User Interface

UIMS: User Interface Management System

VERONICA: Very Easy Rodent-Oriented Netwide Index to Computerized Archives (for Internet Access)

V-mail: Video Mail

VIM: Visual Interactive Modeling

VIS: Visual Interactive Simulation

VLSI: Very-Large-Scale Integration

VR: Virtual Reality

VRML: Virtual Reality Markup Language

WWW: World Wide Web

WYSIWYG: What You See Is What You Get

ZOLAP: Z OLAP (I just made it up)