SoftSelect Knowledge Pool - Glossary

What do the abbreviations ERP, XML or WfMC stand for? What is a software evaluation process? Are you looking for a short, concise answer including relevant background information?

The SoftSelect IT glossary answers your questions in regard to terminology and acronyms.
Currently glossary entries are only available in German.

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Term
.NET
2-Phase Commit
ABAP
Accounting
Accounting
AJAX
Apache
API
Application Server
ASP
Assets accounting
B2A
B2B
B2C
B2E
Back End
Backbone
Backward Compatible
Balanced Scorecard (BSC)
Benchmark
Best-of-Breed
BI - Business Intelligence
BICC - Business Intelligence Competency Centre
Big Data
BOM (Bill of materials)
BPA - Business Process Automation
BPM - Business Process Management
BPO - Business Process Outsourcing
BPR
Browser
BYOD (Bring Your Own Device)
C#
Cache
CAD
CAE
Candidate Management
CAPI
Client-server architecture
Cloud Computing
COM (Component Object Model)
Consulting
Cookies
CRM (Customer Relationship Management)
Crossmedia
DACH
Data Mining
Data Warehousing
Dedicated
Disaster Recovery Plan
Disposition
DMS (Document Management System)
DNS
e-business
e-commerce
EAI
EAM (Enterprise Asset Management)
ECM - Enterprise Content Management
Entity-Relationship-Modell (ER-Modell oder ERM)
ERP
ERP II
Extranet
FAQ
FiBu
FIFO
File extension
Finanzbuchhaltung
Framework
FTP
Gross demand calculation
Groupware
GUI
HBCI
Helpdesk
HID
Hotspot
HR
HR-Software
HRM
HTTP
Hybrid Cloud
IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service)
Independent Requirements
Inputmanagement
Integration
Interface
IP address
IRDA
ISO Certification
JDBC (Java Database Connectivity)
Job processing
LAMP
LAN
Leasing
License fees
Licensing Model
Linux
Management by Objectives
Management Information System (MIS)
Mandatory Specification
Manufacturing Execution System
Market Overview
Master Data
Migration strategy
Mittelstand (German term)
MRO - Maintenance, Repair and Operations
Multi Tier Architecture
Multi-site architecture
Multi-tier
MVC
Open Source
Order management system (OMS)
Outputmanagement
Outsourcing
PaaS (Platform as a Service)
Personal Information Management (PIM)
Personnel Controlling
Personnel Placement Planning
PHP
Pixel
Plug & Play
PNG
PPS
Private Cloud
Public Cloud
Recruiting
Relational model
RFI – Request for Information
RFP – Request for Proposal
ROI
SaaS
Sales Plan
SCM - Supply Chain Management
Semantics
SLA
SME
SOA
software evaluation process
Software tender
Specification Catalogue
Talent Management
TCO
Throughput Time
Time to Market
Travel Expense Management
UMTS
URL
URS (User Requirement Specification)
VLAN
VoIP - Voice over IP
VPN
Webcast
WFMC
Workflow-Management
WWS
WYSIWYG Editor
XML