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- 1xRTT (CDMA2000 1x)
- 2.5G
- 2G (Second Generation)
- 3.5G
- 360-Degree Feedback
- 3D Photovoltaic Devices
- 3G (Third Generation)
- 3GPP (Third-generation Partnership Project)
- 4G Standard
- 4K X 2K TV Displays
- 5G
- 5S
- 6LoWPAN
- 9-Box Model
- Absence Management
- Access Method
- Account Executive (AE)
- Account Planning
- Account-Based Marketing (ABM)
- Activity Stream
- Activity-based Costing (ABC)
- Ad Tech
- Additive Manufacturing
- Addressable TV Advertising
- Advanced Analytics
- Advanced Clinical Research Information Systems (ACRIS)
- Advanced Distribution Management Systems (ADMS)
- Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS)
- Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI)
- Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET)
- Advanced Shipment Notice (ASN)
- Advanced Technology
- Advanced Threat Detection (ATD) Appliances
- Advocacy Marketing
- Affective Computing
- AIM (AOL Instant Messenger)
- AIOps (Artificial Intelligence for IT Operations)
- AIOps Platform
- American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
- American Standard Code For Information Interchange (ASCII)
- AMG (Access Media Gateways)
- AMIA (American Medical Informatics Association)
- AMO (Application Management Outsourcing)
- AMPS (Advanced Mobile Phone Service)
- AMR (Adaptive Multirate)
- Analytics
- Analytics and Business Intelligence (ABI)
- Appliances
- Application Architecture
- Application Control
- Application Data Management (ADM)
- Application Development (AD)
- Application Infrastructure
- Application Integration
- Application Management
- Application Modernization Services
- Application Outsourcing
- Application Performance Monitoring (APM)
- Application Platform as a Service (aPaaS)
- Application Program
- Application Programming Interface (API)
- Application Release Automation (ARA)
- Application Server
- Application Service Provider (ASP)
- Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC)
- Application-Specific Standard Product (ASSP)
- Applications Portfolio Analysis (APA)
- Architecture
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Artificial Intelligence Model Operationalization (ModelOps)
- Assemble To Order
- Asset Performance Management (APM)
- Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)
- Attenuation
- Attrition
- Audio Mining/speech Analytics
- Augmented Analytics
- Augmented Intelligence
- Augmented Reality (AR)
- Authentication Service
- Authorization
- Automated Business Process Discovery (ABPD)
- Automated Document Factory (ADF)
- Automated System Operations (ASO)
- Automated Testing
- Automatic Content Recognition (ACR)
- Automatic Storage Tiering (Auto-Tiering)
- Autonomous System Number (ASN)
- Autonomous Vehicles
- Availability
- Avatar
- Average Selling Price (ASP)
- Average Speed of Answer (ASA)
- B2B Gateway Software
- B2B Price Optimization And Management
- Back-end
- Backbone Router
- Background Check
- Balanced Scorecard (bsc)
- Bandwidth
- Bank Tiers
- Base Station
- Base Station Controller (BSC)
- Base Transceiver Station (BTS)
- Basic Input/Output System (BIOS)
- Basic Trading Area (BTA)
- Batch Processing
- Baud
- Benchmarking
- Bereavement Leave
- Best Practice
- Best-in-class
- Best-of-breed
- Big Data
- Bill of Materials (BOM)
- Bimodal
- Binary Digit (bit)
- Binary Large Object (BLOB)
- Biochips
- Biometric ATMs
- Biometric Authentication
- Block Error Rate
- Blockchain
- Blogging Platforms
- Blu-ray
- Bluetooth
- Bluetooth 3.0 (BT3.0)
- Bluetooth 4.0 (BT4.0)
- Bring Your Own Device (BYOD)
- Broadband Wireless Access (BWA)
- Broadcast Storm
- Browser
- Bug
- Build-operate-transfer
- Business Activity Monitoring (BAM)
- Business Analytics
- Business Application Programming Interface (BAPI)
- Business Capability Modeling
- Business Continuity Management Planning (BCMP)
- Business Continuity Manager (BCM)
- Business Continuity Planning (BCP)
- Business Development Representative (BDR)
- Business Impact Analysis (BIA)
- Business Intelligence (BI) Platforms
- Business Intelligence (BI) Services
- Business Intelligence Competency Center (BICC)
- Business Process
- Business Process Analysis Tools
- Business Process As A Service (BPaaS)
- Business Process Automation (BPA)
- Business Process Management (BPM)
- Business Process Outsourcing (BPO)
- Business Process Re-engineering (BPR)
- Business Rule Engines (BRE)
- Business Service Provider (BSP)
- Business to Business (B2B) Sales
- BuySmart™
- Byte Code
- C-band
- Cable Service Provider
- Cache
- Call Center
- Call Detail Record (CDR)
- Caller ID
- Capable-to-promise (CTP) Systems
- Capacity Requirements Planning (CRP)
- Capital Allocation
- Captive Centers
- Car Connectivity Consortium (CCC)
- Care Delivery Organization (CDO)
- Carrier Frequency
- Carrier Network Infrastructure (CNI)
- Case Management Solutions
- Case-based Reasoning (CBR)
- Category Management
- Cell Site
- Cell Splitting
- Cellular Radio
- Center of Excellence (COE)
- Change Management
- Channel Analytics
- Channel Capacity
- Channel Integration
- Channel Management
- Channel Partner
- Charge-coupled Device (ccd)
- Chatbot
- Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO)
- Chief Information Officer (CIO)
- Chief Marketing Officer (CMO)
- Chief Revenue Officer (CRO)
- Chief Sales Officer (CSO)
- CIM (Common Information Model)
- CIM (Computer-Integrated Manufacturing)
- CIM (Customer Information Management)
- CIR (Committed Information Rate)
- Circuit Switching
- CIRP (Cyber Incident Response Plan)
- CIRT (Cyber Incident Response Team)
- CISC (Complex Instruction Set Computer)
- Citizen Developer
- CKO (Chief Knowledge Officer)
- Classless Inter-domain Routing (CIDR)
- CLI (Common Language Infrastructure)
- Clickstream Analysis
- Client Management Tools
- Client/server
- Clinical Context Object Workgroup (CCOW)
- Clinical Data Repository (CDR)
- Clipping
- Closed-loop MRP (Closed-loop Material Requirements Planning)
- Closed-loop Performance Management (pm)
- Cloud Access Security Brokers (CASBs)
- Cloud Advertising
- Cloud Application Development (AD) Services
- Cloud Computing
- Cloud Email
- Cloud Encryption Gateways
- Cloud Management Platforms
- Cloud Security
- Cloud Security Gateways
- Cloud Service Elasticity
- Cloud Services Brokerage (CSB)
- Cluster Controller
- Clustered System
- CLV (Constant Linear Velocity)
- CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management System)
- CMNS (Connection Mode Network Service)
- CMOL (CMIP Over LLC)
- CMOS (Complementary Metal-oxide Semiconductor)
- CMOT (CMIP Over TCP/IP)
- CMS (Campaign Management System)
- CMYK (Sometimes YMCK or “Process Color Printing”)
- CNS (Converged Network Services)
- Codd’s Rule Zero
- Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA)
- Cognitive Radio
- COLD (Computer Output To Laserdisc)
- Collaborative Commerce (C-commerce)
- College Of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME)
- Combined Heat and Power (CHP)
- Commerce Everywhere
- Commerce Platform Servers
- Common Access Card (CAC)
- Common Gateway Interface (CGI)
- Common Internet File System (CIFS)
- Communications as a Service (CaaS)
- Communications Platform as a Service (CPaaS)
- Communications Service Provider (CSP)
- Community Cloud
- Competency Center
- Competitive Intelligence (CI)
- Complex-event Processing
- Compliance
- Component-based Development (CBD)
- Composite Application
- Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR)
- Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT)
- Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE)
- Computer-Aided Manufacturing (CAM)
- Computer-Aided Software Engineering (CASE)
- Computer-brain Interface
- Computing Appliance
- Concurrent Use
- Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ) Application Suites
- Conflict Management
- Connected Home
- Connected Imaging Devices
- Connection Admission Control (CAC)
- Consumer Broadband Services
- Consumer Internet Services
- Consumer NAS (Consumer Network Attached Storage)
- Consumer Voice Services
- Consumer-generated Media (CGM)
- Consumerization
- Contact Center
- Contact Center System
- Content Aggregator
- Content Analytics
- Content And Applications Service Provider
- Content Delivery Networks (CDNs)
- Content Marketing
- Content Services Platform (CSP)
- Content Targeting
- Context-aware Computing
- Context-aware Security
- Continuity Check
- Continuous Controls Monitoring (CCM)
- Continuous Data Protection (CDP)
- Continuous Integration (CI)
- Continuous Intelligence
- Continuous Operations
- Contract Life Cycle Management (CLM)
- Control Objectives for Information and Related Technology (COBIT)
- CORBA (Common Object Request Broker Architecture)
- Core Banking System
- Corporate Communication
- Corporate Financial Planning Applications
- Corporate Performance Management (CPM)
- Corporate Real Estate (CRE)
- CoS (Class of Service)
- Cost Optimization
- Cost per Thousand (CPM)
- Cost Savings
- Cost Structure
- Cost To Serve
- Country Code
- CPA (Comprehensive Production Architecture)
- CPC (Collaborative Product Commerce)
- CPC (Cost Per Click)
- CPE Business DSL Router with Embedded DSL Modem
- CPGA (Cost Per Gross Add)
- CPM Suites
- CPR (Computer-based Patient Record)
- CPT (Current Procedural Terminology)
- CPU (Central Processing Unit)
- CQI (Continuous Quality Improvement)
- CRC (Cyclic Redundancy Check)
- Crisis/incident Management (C/IM) Software
- Critical Ratio
- Cross-certification
- Cross-docking
- Crowdsourcing
- CRUD (Create, Retrieve, Update, Delete)
- CSD (Circuit-switched Data)
- CSS (Customer Service and Support)
- CSU (Channel Service Unit)
- CTI (Computer-Telephony Integration)
- CTO (Chief Technology Officer)
- CTQ (Critical to Quality)
- CUG (Closed User Group)
- Customer Analytics
- Customer Centricity
- Customer Communications Management (CCM)
- Customer Engagement Center (CEC)
- Customer Experience
- Customer Experience Management (CXM)
- Customer Gateways
- Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM)
- Customer Information File (CIF)
- Customer Premises Equipment (CPE)
- Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
- Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Analytics
- Customer Self-service And Support
- Customer Success
- Cybersecurity
- DAB+ (Digital Audio Broadcasting Plus)
- Daisy-Chaining
- DAP (Directory Access Protocol)
- Dark Data
- DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency)
- DASD (Direct-Access Storage Device)
- Dashboards
- Data And Analytics
- Data Broker
- Data Center
- Data Center Bridging (DCB)
- Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM)
- Data Deduplication
- Data Governance
- Data Integration
- Data Lake
- Data Loss Protection
- Data Management (DM)
- Data Management Platform (DMP)
- Data Mining
- Data Monetization
- Data Profiling
- Data Quality Tools
- Data Scientist
- Data Security
- Data Strategy
- Data Visualization
- Data Warehouse
- Data Wiping
- Database Activity Monitoring (DAM)
- Database Audit and Protection (DAP)
- Database Design
- Database Encryption
- DataOps
- DBMS (Database Management System)
- DBS (Direct Broadcast Satellite)
- DDBMS (Distributed Database Management System)
- DDL (Data Definition Language)
- Decision Intelligence
- Decision Maker
- Deferred Compensation
- Defined Benefit Plan
- Defined Contribution Plan
- Demand Forecasting
- Demand Generation
- Demand Pattern Analysis
- Demand Signal Repository (DSR)
- Demand-driven Material Requirements Planning (DDMRP)
- Demand-driven Value Network (DDVN)
- Deployment
- Descriptive Analytics
- Design Thinking
- Desktop as a Service (DaaS)
- DEVA (Document-Enabled Vertical Application)
- Device-embedded Biometric Authentication
- DevOps
- DevSecOps
- DFX (Design for X)
- DGT (Directorate General of Telecommunications, Taiwan)
- Diagnostic Analytics
- DIF (Data Interchange Format)
- Digital
- Digital Asset Management (DAM)
- Digital Assets
- Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB)
- Digital Business
- Digital Business Transformation
- Digital Commerce
- Digital Cross-Connect (DXC)
- Digital Customer
- Digital Disruption
- Digital Disruptor
- Digital Divide
- Digital Experience Platform (DXP)
- Digital Finance
- Digital Marketing Hub
- Digital Network
- Digital Optimization
- Digital Signature
- Digital Thin Wallet Solutions
- Digital Transformation
- Digital Transformation Consulting (DTC)
- Digital Twin
- Digital Watermarking
- Digital Workplace
- Digitalization
- Digitization
- Direct Channel
- Disaster Recovery (DR)
- Discrete Manufacturing
- Discussion Forum
- Dish/stirling Engine
- Distributed Cloud
- Distributed Computing
- Distributed Generation (DG)
- Distributed Power Generation
- Diversity and Inclusion (D&I)
- DMB (Digital Multimedia Broadcasting)
- DNA Logic
- Document Management (DM)
- Dollar-Cost Averaging (DCA)
- Download
- DPMO (Defects Per Million Opportunities)
- DPU (Defects Per Unit)
- DRM (Digital Rights Management)
- DRM (Distributed Resource Management)
- DRP (Disaster Recovery Planning)
- DSL (Digital Subscriber Line)
- DSM (Distributed System Management)
- DTH (Direct To Home)
- Dual Mode
- Dual-view Displays
- Dumb Terminal
- Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST)
- Dynamic Business Process Management (BPM)
- Dynamic Data Masking (DDM)
- E-Business
- E-Learning
- E-Procurement
- E1
- Earth Station
- Edge Computing
- Electro Mobility (e-Mobility)
- Electronic Bill Presentment and Payment (EBPP)
- Electronic Customer Relationship Management (e-CRM)
- Electronic Data Capture (EDC)
- Electronic Forms (e-Forms)
- Electronic Health Record (EHR)
- Electronic Waste (e-Waste)
- Embedded Analytics
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Employee Experience
- Employee Relations
- Employee Resource Group (ERG)
- Employee Self-Service (ESS)
- Encapsulation
- Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP)
- Energy Trading and Risk Management (ETRM)
- Enhanced Data Rates for Global Evolution (EDGE)
- Enhanced Messaging Service (EMS)
- Enterprise Application Software
- Enterprise Applications
- Enterprise Architecture (EA)
- Enterprise Asset Management (EAM)
- Enterprise Content Management (ECM)
- Enterprise Fraud Management (EFM)
- Enterprise Information Architecture (EIA)
- Enterprise Information Archiving (EIA)
- Enterprise Information Management (EIM)
- Enterprise License Agreement (ELA)
- Enterprise Metadata Management (EMM)
- Enterprise Nervous System (ENS)
- Enterprise Performance Management (EPM)
- Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
- Enterprise Social Software
- Enterprise Solutions
- Enterprise Technology Architecture (ETA)
- Enterprise Unified Communications Infrastructure
- Enterprise-class
- Enterprise-grade
- Entitlement Management
- Equity Theory
- Ethernet Services
- ETSI (European Telecommunications Standards Institute)
- Event Marketing
- Event-driven Architecture (EDA)
- Event, Fault And Log Management
- Expert System
- Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP)
- Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL)
- Extensible Markup Language (XML)
- External Services Provider (ESP)
- Facebook Commerce (F-commerce)
- Factory Scheduling
- FCC (Federal Communications Commission)
- Federated Application Life Cycle Management (FALM)
- Federated Identity Management
- FHMA (Frequency-hopping Multiple Access)
- Fibre Channel Over Ethernet (FCoE)
- Field Service Management
- File Server
- Finance Analytics
- Finance And Accounting Business Process Outsourcing Service Providers
- Finance Business Partner
- Financial Data Management
- Financial KPI
- Financial Management System (FMS)
- Financial Modeling
- Financial Optimization
- Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)
- Financial Risk Assessment
- Finite Loading
- Fintech
- Firecall
- Firewall
- First Generation (1G or Analog)
- Fixed-line Carrier
- FMC (Fixed-Mobile Convergence)
- FMEA (Failure Modes Effects Analysis)
- Folksonomies (Social Tagging)
- FOMA (Freedom of Mobile Multimedia Access)
- Footfall Analysis
- FP (Function Point)
- FPD (Flat Panel Display)
- FPY (First Pass Yield)
- Fraud Detection
- Free Cooling (economizers)
- Frequency Reuse
- FTP (File Transfer Protocol)
- FTTH (Fiber to the Home)
- FTTP (Fiber to the Premises)
- Fuel Cell
- Furlough
- Future of Work
- Fuzzy Logic
- Gain Sharing
- Gamification
- GAN (Generic Access Network)
- Gateway
- Gateway Server
- Gaze Control
- Gemba
- Generation Scheduling
- Geostationary Satellite
- Gesture Control
- Gig Economy
- Global Account Management (GAM)
- Global Delivery
- Global Delivery Model
- Glonass
- Go-to-Market (GTM) Strategy
- Golden Parachute
- Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC)
- Government Budget
- Green Money
- Ground Segment
- Groupware
- Growth Strategy
- GUI (Graphical User Interface)
- Hadoop
- Hand-off
- Handwriting Recognition
- Haptics
- Hardware And Software Maintenance Services
- Hardware Maintenance And Support Services
- HDML (Handheld Device Markup Language)
- Head-mounted Displays (HMDs)
- Health Information Exchange (HIE)
- Health Savings Account (HSA)
- Hedge Fund
- Hedging
- Heterogeneous Architecture
- Hierarchical Database
- High Performance Workplace
- High-concentration Photovoltaics (PV)
- High-performance Computing (HPC)
- High-Potential Employee (HIPO)
- HIS (Hospital Information System or Healthcare Information System)
- HLR (Home Location Register)
- Home-Area Network (HAN)
- Hosted Virtual Desktops (HVD)
- HR Shared-service-center Tools
- HRMS (Human Resource Management System)
- HTAP-enabling In-memory Computing Technologies
- HTML (Hypertext Markup Language)
- Human Augmentation
- Human Capital Management (HCM)
- Human Capital Management (HCM) Application Services
- Human Resource Management
- Hybrid Cloud Computing
- Hybrid Electric Vehicles (HEVs)
- Hype Cycle
- I/O Bound
- I/O Channel
- IAE (Integrated Applications Environment)
- IAM as a Service (IAMaaS)
- IB (Integration Broker)
- ICD-10 Adoption Technology
- IDA (Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore)
- IDE (Integrated Development Environment)
- Idea Management
- IDEN (Integrated Digital Enhanced Network)
- Identity And Access Intelligence
- Identity and Access Management (IAM)
- Identity-proofing Services
- IDM (Integrated Document Management)
- IDN (Integrated Digital Network)
- IDS (Integrated Delivery System)
- IE (Information Engineering)
- IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
- ILTC (Instructor-led Training in the Classroom)
- IM (Information Management)
- IM (Instant Messaging)
- IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identifier)
- Immersive Learning Environments (ILEs)
- IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem)
- IMSI (International Mobile Subscriber Identity)
- IMT-A (International Mobile Telecommunications Advanced)
- Incentive Compensation Management
- Indirect Spend Management
- Industrial Iot Platforms
- Infonomics
- Information Capabilities Framework
- Information Cards
- Information Delivery
- Information Governance
- Information Life Cycle Management (ILM)
- Information Technology (IT)
- Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
- Infrastructure Software
- Innovation Management
- Insight Engines
- Integrated Risk Management (IRM)
- Integrated Software
- Integration as a Service (IaaS)
- Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS)
- Interactive Visualization
- Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP)
- Internet Of Things (iot)
- Internet Protocol Television (IPTV)
- Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6)
- Internet Radio
- Internet Speed Test
- Internet Telephony
- Intranet
- Introspection
- Investor Relations (IR)
- IoT Integration
- IoT Platforms
- IoT Security
- IoT Service
- IP Address (Internet Protocol Address)
- IP Centrex Platforms
- IPA (Integrated Publishing Architecture)
- IRD (Integrated Receiver Decoder)
- IRDA (Infrared Data Association)
- ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network)
- ISP (Internet Service Provider)
- ISV (Independent Software Vendor)
- IT Asset Management (ITAM)
- IT Budget
- IT Consulting
- IT Consulting Services
- IT Governance (ITG)
- IT Industrialization
- IT Infrastructure
- IT Management Services
- IT Operations
- IT Operations Management (ITOM) Software
- IT Outsourcing
- IT Resilience Orchestration
- IT Risk
- IT Service Desk (ITSD)
- IT Service Management (ITSM) Tools
- IT Services
- IT Strategy
- IT/OT Integration
- ITIL
- ITU (International Telecommunication Union)
- IUS (Infrastructure Utility Services)
- IVR (Interactive Voice Response)
- Java
- Java Applet
- Job Scheduling
- Job Shadowing
- Johari Window
- Kerfless Wafering
- Key Account Management (KAM)
- Key Accounts
- Key Performance Indicator (KPI)
- Knowledge Architect
- Knowledge Capital
- Knowledge Capture
- Knowledge Community
- Knowledge Management (KM)
- Knowledge Work Management
- Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Other Characteristics (KSAOs)
- KPIV (Key Process Input Variable)
- KPOV (Key Process Output Variable)
- Ku-band (Kurtz-under Band)
- L-band
- Labor Management System
- Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS)
- Lagging And Leading Key Performance Indicators
- LAN (Local-Area Network)
- Latency
- LBS (Location-based Services)
- LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol)
- Lead Nurturing
- Leadership Development
- LED (Light-Emitting Diode)
- Legacy Application Or System
- Library
- Life Insurance Policy Administration Systems
- Lights-Out Recovery Operations Management
- Line Of Business
- Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)
- Lithium Iron Phosphate (LiFePO4) Batteries
- Load Forecasting
- Local Positioning System
- Location-aware Technology
- Logistics Network Planning
- Loopback
- Low-cost IT
- Loyalty Marketing
- LRC (Longitudinal Redundancy Check)
- LTE-A
- Lurker
- M-business
- Machine Learning
- Machine-to-Machine (M2M) Communications
- Magic Quadrant
- Magnetic-ink Character Recognition
- Magnetometer
- Mainframe
- Mainstream Notebook
- Managed Network Services
- Managed Print Services (MPS)
- Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP)
- Managed Service Provider (MSP)
- Management Consulting
- Management Information Base
- Manufacturing Execution System
- Manufacturing Planning
- Marketing Analytics
- Marketing Automation
- Marketing Automation Platform
- Marketing Automation System
- Marketing Channel
- Marketing Communications (Marcom)
- Marketing Content Management
- Marketing Intelligence
- Marketing Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
- Marketing Operations
- Marketing Performance Management (MPM)
- Marketing Resource Management
- Marketing Service Providers (MSPs)
- Marketing Technology
- Marketing-Qualified Lead (MQL)
- MarketScope
- Mashup
- Massive Open Online Course (MOOC)
- Master Content Management (MCM)
- Master Data Management (MDM)
- Materials Management Information System
- Media Access Control
- Media Mix
- Media Objects
- Media Tablet
- Medical Management
- Memristor
- Merchandising, Inventory and Operations Execution (MIOE)
- Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A)
- Mesh Network
- Message Feedback
- Messaging Application Programming Interface (MAPI)
- Metadata
- Metadata And Data Modeling Tools
- Micro Fuel Cells
- Microblogging
- Microgrid
- Microprocessor
- Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
- Midsize Enterprise (mse)
- Million Instructions per Second (MIPS)
- Minimum Viable Product (MVP)
- Minutes of Use (MOUs)
- Mobile Browsers
- Mobile Device Management (MDM)
- Mobile Device Management Services (MDM Services)
- Mobile Payment
- Mobile PC
- Mobile Portal
- Mobile Satellite Services (MSS)
- Mobile Virtual Network Enabler (MVNE)
- Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO)
- Mobile Web Applications
- Mobile Wireless Local Loop (WLL)
- Mobile-network Operator
- Mobility Managed Services (MMS)
- Model-driven Architecture (MDA)
- ModelOps
- Modulation
- Money Clouds
- Motion JPEG (M-JPEG)
- Moves, Adds and Changes
- Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG)
- MSO (Management Services Organization)
- Multichannel Campaign Management
- Multichannel Feedback Management
- Multichannel Multipoint Distribution Service
- Multiexperience Development Platforms (MXDP)
- Multimedia
- Multimedia Messaging Service
- Multiple Input/Multiple Output
- Multitenancy
- N-channel Metal-oxide Semiconductor (NMOS)
- NAP (Network Access Point)
- NAS (Network-Attached Storage)
- Natural-Language Processing (NLP)
- Natural-Language Understanding
- NC (Network Computer)
- NCOP (Network Code of Practice)
- Necessary Non-value-adding
- Net New Connections
- Net Present Value
- Net Promoter Score (NPS)
- Network Access Control (NAC)
- Network and System Management
- Network Appliance
- Network Configuration and Change Management (NCCM) Tools
- Network Database
- Network Fault Monitoring Tools
- Network Intelligence (NI)
- Network Interface Card
- Network Operating System
- Network Outsourcing (Enterprise and Public Network)
- Network Redundancy
- Network Sharing
- Network Topology
- Network Virtual Terminal
- Next-generation Firewalls (NGFWs)
- Next-generation Network
- Nexus Of Forces
- Object Data Model
- Object-oriented Database Management System
- Object-oriented Programming
- Object-oriented System
- Object-oriented Technology
- Offshoring
- On Time In Full (OTIF)
- Onboarding
- Online Program Management In Higher Education
- Online Transaction Processing
- Open Architecture
- Open Compute Project
- Open Data
- Operating Model
- Operating System
- Operational Data Store
- Operational Resilience
- Operational Resource Management
- Operational Technology (OT)
- Operations Services
- Operations Support System
- Opportunity Management System
- Option Analysis
- Original Equipment Manufacturer
- Outage Management System (OMS)
- Over The Air
- P2P (Peer-to-Peer)
- Pace-layered Application Strategy
- Packet-switched Network
- Paid Media
- Paid Social
- Pain Points
- PAL (Phase Alternate Line)
- PAM (Pulse Amplitude Modulation)
- Parallel Network File System (PNFS)
- Partner Relationship Management (PRM)
- Password Management Tools
- PCM (Patient Care Management)
- PCM (Pulse Code Modulation)
- PCU (Packet Control Unit)
- PDA (Personal Digital Assistant)
- PDC (Personal Digital Cellular)
- PDM (Product Data Management)
- Penetration Rate (mobile)
- Penetration Testing
- People Analytics
- Performance Improvement Plan (PIP)
- Performance Management
- Performance Marketing
- Performance-driven Culture
- Personal Cloud
- Personalization
- Phasor Measurement Units (PMUs)
- PHR (Personal Health Record)
- Physical Resource And Infrastructure Management Tools
- Physical Security
- Picocell
- PIMS (Production Information Management System)
- Pipeline Velocity
- Plain Old XML (POX)
- Platform (Digital Business)
- Platform as a Service (PaaS)
- Platform-independent
- PLC (Programmable Logic Controller)
- POP (Point of Presence)
- Portal
- Postmodern ERP
- Predictive Analytics
- Predictive Behavior Analysis
- Predictive Modeling
- Predictive Modeling Solutions
- Prescriptive Analytics
- Presence
- Privacy Management Tools
- Process Analytical Technology (PAT)
- Process Management
- Process Mining
- Procure-to-pay Solution
- Procurement
- Product (digital Business)
- Product Analytics
- Product Catalog
- Product Cost and Life Cycle Management (PCLM)
- Product Life Cycle Management (PLM)
- Product Management (Digital Business)
- Product Portfolio and Program Management (PPM)
- Product Support Services
- Programmatic Advertising
- Project Management
- Project Management Office (PMO)
- Proof of Concept (POC)
- Proprietary Software
- Proxy Agent
- PSA (Professional Services Administration)
- PSK (Phase-shift Keying)
- Psychological Safety
- PTR (Peak Transaction Rate)
- Public Cloud Computing
- Public-key Cryptography
- Pull Printing
- Push Technology
- PWM (Pulse Width Modulation)
- PX (Private Exchange)
- QAM (Quadrature Amplitude Modulation)
- QoS (Quality of Service)
- Quad-band
- Quantum Computing
- R-UIM (Removable User Identity Module)
- Rack Unit (RU)
- Radio-frequency Identification (RFID)
- RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks)
- Random Sampling
- RAS (Reliability, Availability and Serviceability)
- RDBMS (Relational Database Management System)
- RDM (Requirements Definition and Management)
- Real Time
- Real-time Analytics
- Receiver Sensitivity
- Record to Report (R2R)
- Redaction Tools
- Relational DBMS
- Remote Diagnostics
- Remote Work
- Repository
- Reputation Management
- Request for Proposal (RFP)
- Resource Requirements Planning
- Retail Execution And Monitoring
- Reuse
- Revenue Assurance
- RFID Tags
- Rich Communication Suite (RCS)
- Rich Internet Application (RIA)
- Right to Work
- RISC (Reduced Instruction Set Computer)
- Risk Management And Compliance Consulting Services
- RM (Relationship Manager)
- RNC (Radio Network Controller)
- Roaming
- Robotic Process Automation (RPA)
- Robotic Process Automation Software
- ROE (Return on Equity)
- ROIT (Return on Information Technology)
- Rolling Forecast
- RTT (Round-trip Time)
- Runtime Application Self-protection (RASP)
- SAC (Subscriber Acquisition Cost)
- Sales Analytics
- Sales and Operations Execution (S&OE)
- Sales And Operations Planning Systems Of Differentiation
- Sales Channel
- Sales Process
- Sales Quota
- Sales Team Structure
- Sales To End Users
- Sales-Qualified Lead (SQL)
- SAM (Software Asset Management)
- SAM Tools (Systems Administration Management Tools)
- SAP SuccessFactors Service Providers
- Sarbarnes-Oxley Act (SOX)
- Satellite Communications
- Satellite Dish
- SC-FDMA (Single-carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access)
- SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition)
- Scalability
- Scanner
- SCCM (Software Change and Configuration Management)
- SCIV (Supply Chain Inventory Visibility)
- SCM (Software Configuration Management)
- SCPC (Single Channel Per Carrier)
- Scriptless Testing
- SDH/SONET
- SDK (Software Development Kit)
- SDMA (Spatial Division Multiple Access)
- SDSL (Symmetric Digital Subscriber Line)
- Search-based Data Discovery Tools
- Secondhand Market
- Secret-key Cryptography
- Secure Web Gateway
- Security Governance
- Security Information And Event Management
- Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
- Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR)
- Self-describing Messages
- Self-service Analytics
- Self-service Business Intelligence
- Selling General and Administrative (SG&A) Expenses
- Semantic Data Model
- Senpai
- Sensei (also Lean Sensei)
- Server-Based Computing (SBC)
- Serverless Printing
- Service Bureau
- Service Inventory
- Service-centric Cloud Erp Solutions
- Service-Level Agreement (SLA)
- Service-oriented Architecture (SOA)
- Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)
- SFA (Sales Force Automation)
- SFC (Shop Floor Control)
- SFM (Store-and-Forward Manager)
- SGSN (Serving GPRS Support Node)
- Shadow It
- Shadow/mirror Databases
- Shared Services Or Shared Services Center
- Short Message Service (SMS)
- Shrink-wrapped
- SI (System Integrator)
- Sideband
- Signature Verification
- Silicon Anode Batteries
- SIM Card (Subscriber Identity Module) Card
- SIM Toolkit (SIM Application Toolkit)
- SIMM (Single In-line Memory Module)
- Single Sign-on (SSO)
- Single-instance ERP
- Six Sigma
- SKU (Stock-Keeping Unit)
- SLED (Single Large Expensive Disk)
- SLM (Service-Level Management)
- SLO (Service-Level Objective)
- SMA (Service Management Agreement)
- Small and Midsize Business (SMB)
- Smart Antenna
- Smart Card
- Smart Contract
- Smart Factory
- Smart Machines
- Smart Manufacturing
- Smartphone
- SME (Small-to-Midsize Enterprise)
- SMED (Single Minute Exchange of Die)
- SMFP (Smart MFP)
- SMP (Symmetric Multiprocessing)
- SMR (Specialized Mobile Radio)
- SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol)
- SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol)
- Social Analytics
- Social Computing
- Social Content
- Social CRM
- Social Media Tools
- Social Network Analysis (SNA)
- Social Networking Sites
- Social Profiles
- Social Publishing
- Social Selling
- Social Software
- Social Tagging (Folksonomy)
- Social Technologies
- Softswitch Architecture
- Softswitches
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
- Software Development
- Software Maintenance
- Software Support Services
- Software-defined Networks
- Software-Defined WAN (SD-WAN)
- SOHO (Small Office/Home Office)
- Solution
- Solution Architecture
- SONET (Synchronous Optical Network)
- Source Routing
- Space Segment
- Spaghetti Chart
- Spamdexing
- Span of Control
- SPC (Statistical Process Control)
- Spend Management
- SQL (Structured Query Language)
- SSEM (System and Server Evaluation Model)
- SSN (Switched Service Network)
- SSP (Storage Service Provider)
- Standards
- Static Application Security Testing (SAST)
- Statistical Multiplexing
- STDM (Statistical Time-Division Multiplexing)
- Stickiness
- STM (Synchronous Transfer Mode)
- Storage Appliance
- Storage Management Software
- Storage Resource Management (SRM)
- Strategic Information Office (SIO)
- Strategic Sourcing
- Subnet
- Subnet Mask
- Subscriber
- Succession Planning and Management
- Superserver
- Supplier Relationship Management (SRM)
- Supply Chain
- Supply Chain Architecture Life Cycle
- Supply Chain Execution (sce)
- Supply Chain Planning (SCP)
- Supply Chain Segmentation
- SVGA (Super Video Graphics Array)
- SWIFT (Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication)
- Synchronous
- Synchronous Communications
- Syntax
- Synthetic Data
- System Integration
- Tacit Knowledge
- Talent Acquisition
- Talent Management
- TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol)
- TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access)
- TDR (Time Domain Reflectometry)
- Telecom Analytics
- Telecom Equipment Support Services
- Telecom Expense Management Services
- Telecommunications Carrier
- Telecommunications Equipment
- Telecommunications Services
- Telematics
- Terabit-per-second Transport
- Terminal
- Text Analytics
- Text Mining
- Thin Client
- Three-schema Architecture
- Throughput
- Time Division Multiplexing (TDM)
- TLM (Technical License Management)
- TLP (Transmission-level Point)
- TLS (Transport Layer Security)
- TMG (Trunk Media Gateways)
- TMS (Transportation Management System)
- Tokenization
- Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
- Total Quality Management (TQM)
- Total Rewards
- Touchpoint
- Track And Trace
- Trade Marketing
- Trade Promotion Management And Optimization
- Training and Development Programs
- Transaction Processing
- Transmedia
- Transponder
- Ultra-high-speed Broadband Internet
- Ultrabook
- Ultramobiles
- Unified Communications (UC)
- Unified Communications and Collaboration (UCC)
- Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS)
- Unified Threat Management (UTM)
- URL (Uniform Resource Locator)
- User Experience Platforms (UXP)
- User Provisioning
- Value Drivers
- Value-added Network (VAN)
- Value-Added Reseller (VAR)
- Value-added Service (VAS)
- Variable Bit Rate (VBR)
- Variance
- Vendor
- Vendor Management
- Vendor Risk Management (vrm)
- Vendor-neutral
- Versatile Authentication Server and Service (VAS)
- Very High-speed Digital Subscriber Lines (VDSL)
- Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT)
- Video On Demand (VOD)
- Videoconferencing
- Virtual Assistant (VA)
- Virtual Channel (VC)
- Virtual Customer Premises Equipment (vCPE)
- Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)
- Virtual LAN (VLAN)
- Virtual Machine (VM)
- Virtual Network Operator (vno)
- Virtual Private Network (VPN)
- Virtual Reality (VR)
- Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML)
- Virtual Selling
- Virtual Server Facility (VSF)
- Virtual Tape Library (VTL)
- Virtual Team
- Virtual Team Building
- Virtualization
- Visitor Location Register (VLR)
- Visual Basic (VB)
- Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)
- Voice Encryption
- Voice of the Customer (VoC)
- Voice Response System (VRS)
- Voice Response Unit (VRU)
- Volumetric Displays
- Vulnerability Assessment
- WAG (Wireless Application Gateway)
- WAN (Wide-Area Network)
- WAP (Wireless Application Protocol)
- WAP Browser
- Warehouse Management System (WMS)
- WBS (Work Breakdown Structure)
- WCDMA (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access)
- WDP (Wireless Datagram Protocol)
- Weak Or Strong Signal
- Wearable Computer
- Web Access Management (WAM)
- Web Analytics
- Web Conferencing And Shared Work Spaces/team Collaboration
- Web Content Management (WCM)
- Web Crawler
- Web Hosting
- Web Services
- Web-oriented Architecture (WOA)
- WECA (Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance)
- WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy)
- WFM (Workforce Management)
- Wholesale Carrier
- Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA)
- Wi-Fi Protected Access 2 (WPA2)
- Wiki
- Wireless Data Communication
- Wireless Intrusion Prevention System (WIPS)
- Work Management
- Workflow Management
- Workforce Analytics
- World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
- Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA)
- Zero-Based Budgeting (ZBB)
- Zero-latency Enterprise (ZLE)
- ZigBee