Acronyms Demystified

A
ACE
Access Connectivity Engine
ACID
Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation, Durability
ACR
Automation Cloud Robot
ADO
ActiveX Data Objects
AGI
Artificial General Intelligence
AI
Artificial Intelligence
ALM
Application Lifecycle Management
ANA
Anatomy
ANN
Artificial Neural Network
API
Application Programming Interface
AWS
Amazon Web Services
B
BA
Business Analyst
BDD
Behavior Driven Development
BPM
Business Process Management
BRD
Business Requirements Document
C
CE
Community Edition
CI/CD
Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery
CLI
Command Line Interface
CMS
Content Management System
COE
Center Of Excellence
COQ
Cost Of Quality
CPU
Central Processing Unit
CRM
Customer Relation Management
CSAT
Customer Satisfaction
CSV
Comma Separated Values
CV
Computer Vision
D
DBMS
Database Management System
DBP
Design Best Practices
DOM
Document Object Model
DRY
Don’t Repeat Yourself
DSN
Data Source Name
DU
Document Understanding
DevOps
Development and Operations
E
ECMA
European Computer Manufacturers Association
ERP
Enterprise Resource Planning
F
FRD
Functional Requirements Document
FTP
File Transfer Protocol
G
GDPR
General Data Protection Regulation
GPT
Generative Pre-Trained Transformers
GPU
Graphics Processing Unit
GUI
Graphical User Interface
GUID
Global Unique Identifier
H
HA
High Availability
HITL
Human In The Loop
HTTP(s)
Hypertext Transfer Protocol (Secured)
I
ICT
Information and Communication Technology
IDE
Integrated Development Environment
IDP
Intelligent Document Processing
IMAP
Internet Message Access Protocol
ISO
International Organization for Standardization
IT
Information Technology
IdP
Identity Provider
IoT
Internet of Things
J
JSON
Javascript Object Notation
K
KYC
Know Your Customer
L
LINQ
Language Integrated Query
LLM
Large Language Model
M
ML
Machine Learning
MRD
Maintainability and Readability
MS
Microsoft
N
NLP
Natural Language Processing
NMG
Naming
O
OCR
Optical Character Recognition
OLE
Object Linking and Embedding
OOB
Out-of-the-box
OOP
Object-Oriented Programming
OS
Operating System
OST
Offline Storage Table
P
PCI
Payment Card Industry
PDD
Process Definition Document
PDF
Portable Document Format
POC
Proof Of Concept
POP3
Post Office Protocol 3
PST
Personal Storage Table
Q
QA
Quality Assurance
R
RACI
Responsible, Accountable, Consulted, Informed
RBAC
Role Based Access Control
RCA
Root Cause Analysis
RDBMS
Relational Database Management System
RE
Robotic Enterprise
REST
Representational State Transfer
ROI
Return On Investment
RPA
Robotic Process Automation
S
SAAS
Software As A Service
SAML
Security Assertion Markup Language
SAP
Systems, Application & Products in Data Processing
SDD
Solution Design Document
SDK
Software Development Kit
SDLC
Software Development Lifecycle
SLA
Service Level Agreement
SME
Subject Matter Expert
SMTP
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
SOAP
Simple Object Access Protocol
SOP
Standard Operating Procedures
SOW
Statement Of Work
SP
Service Provider
SQL
Structured Query Language
SSO
Single Sign-On
ST
Studio
SVN
Subversion
T
TA
Test Automation
TCO
Total Cost of Ownership
TDD
Test Driven Development OR Technical Design Document
TFS
Team Foundation Server
TLS
Transport Layer Security
TTP
Technical Testing Plan
U
UAT
User Acceptance Testing
UI
User Interface
UML
Unified Modeling Language
UNIX
Uniplexed Information Computing System
URL
Uniform Resource Locator
UX
User Experience
UiARD
UiPath Advanced RPA Developer
V
VCS
Version Control System
VM
Virtual Machine
W
WFA
Work From Anywhere
WWW
World Wide Web
X
XA
Extended Architecture
XAML
Extensible Application Markup Language
XML
Extensible Markup Language
XPS
XML Paper Specification