Acronyms

TCO- total cost 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 information interchange 

ISO- international organization for standardization 

SCM- supply chain management

LAN- local area network

WAN- vast area network 

WLAN- wireless local area network

SOA- service-oriented architecture 

POS- point of sale

OSI- open systems interconnection

IEEE- Institute of electrical and electronic engineers

MIMO- multiple input/multiple output

BSS- basic service set 

ESS- extended service set

WAP- wireless access point

WIFI- wireless fidelity