Acronyms

TCO

Total Cost of Ownership

ASP

Application Service Provider

IBS

Internet Business Services

NPV

Net Present Value

ROI

Return on Investment

RFP

Request for Proposal

RFID

Radio Frequency Identification

SaaS

Software as a Service

VAR

Value-Added Reseller

EHRs

Electronic Health Records

HCI

Human-Computer Interaction

GIGO

Garbage In, Garbage Out

DBMS

Database Management System

DDBMS

Distributed Database Management System

DBA

Database Administrator

DML

Data Manipulation Language

QBE

Query By Example

SQL

Structured Query Language

ODBC

Open Database Connectivity

JDBC

Java Database Connectivity

ERD

Entity-Relationship Diagram

UML

Unified Modeling Language

EBCDIC

Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code

ASCII

American Standard Code for Information Interchange

ISO

International Organization for Standardization

SCM

Supply Chain Management

LAN

Local Area Network

WAN

Wide Area Network

WLAN

Wireless Local Area Network

SOA

Service-Oriented Architecture

POS

Point of Sale

OSI

Open Systems Interconnection

IEEE

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

MIMO

Multiple Input/Multiple Output

BSS

Basic Service Set

ESS

Extended Service Set

WAP

Wireless Access Point

WIFI

Wireless Fidelity