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Acronym
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Description
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ADSL
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Asymetric Digital Subscriber Line
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AP
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Accounts Payable (also known as PL - Purchase Ledger)
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API
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Application Program Interface
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AR
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Accounts Receivable (also known as SL - Sales Ledger)
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ASCII
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American Standard Code for Information Exchange
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ASP
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Application Service Provider
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BACS
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Bankers Automated Clearing Services
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BI
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Business Intelligence
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BOB
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Best Of Breed
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BOM
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Bill Of Materials
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BPO
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Business Process Outsouring
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BPR
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Business Process Re-engineering (or Redesign)
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BSC
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Balanced Score Card
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BW
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Business Warehouse
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CAD
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Computer Aided Design
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CAD/CAM
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Computer Aided Design and Manufacture
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CASE
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Computer Assisted Software Engineering
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CBL
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Computer Based Learning
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CBT
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Computer Based Training
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CHAPS
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Clearing House Automated Payment System
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CM
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Content Management
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CMS
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Content Management System
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COBOL
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Common Business Orientated Language
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CPD
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Continuing Professional Development
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CPM
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Critical Path Method
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CPPD
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Continuing Professional and Personal Development
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CRM
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Customer Relationship Management
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CSF
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Critical Success Factor
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DBMS
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Database Management System
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DCF
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Discounted Cash Flow
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DDE
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Dynamic Data Exchange
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DMS
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Document Management System
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DRP
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Distribution Requirements Planning
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DSL
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Digital Subscriber Line
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DSS
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Decision Support System
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EAI
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Enterprise Application Integration
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EAP
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Extensible Authentication Protocol
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ECMS
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Enterprise Content Management System
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eCRM
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Electronic Customer Relationship Management
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EDI
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Electronic Data Interchange
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EFT
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Electronic Funds Transfer
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EPM
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Employee Process Management
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EPOS
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Electronic Point Of Sale
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ERM
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Employee Relationship Management
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ERP
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Enterprise Resource Planning
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FA
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Fixed Assets
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FAT
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Final Acceptance Testing
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FDDI
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Fibre Distributed Data Interchange
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FMCG
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Fast Moving Consumer Goods
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FMS
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Flexible Manufacturing System
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GHRM
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Global Human Resource Management
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GL
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General Ledger (also known as NL - Nominal Ledger)
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GUI
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Graphical User Interface
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HCM
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Human Capital Management
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HDML
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Handheld Device Markup Language
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HR
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Human Resource
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HRIS
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Human Resource Information System
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HRM
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Human Resource Management
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HRMS
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Human Resource Management System
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HTML
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HyperText Markup Language
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IDSL
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ISDN Digital Subscriber Line
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IDSN
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Integrated Services Digital Network
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IIP
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Investors In People
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INFOSEC
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Informations Systems Security
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IP
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Intellectual Property
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IRR
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Internal Rate of Return
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IS
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Informations Systems
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ISAM
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Indexed Sequential Access Method
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ISS
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Intelligent Support Systems
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ITT
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Invitation To Tender
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JIT
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Just In Time
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JRD
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Joint Requirements Development
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KM
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Knowledge Management
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KN
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Knowledge Network
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KPI
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Key Performance Indicator
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LAN
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Local Area Network
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LAWN
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Local Area Wireless Network
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LDAP
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Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
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MAN
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Metropolitan Area Network
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MAPI
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Messaging Application Programming Interface
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M-CRM
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Mobile Customer Relationship Management
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MICR
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Magnetic Ink Character Recognition (or Reader)
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MIS
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Management Information System (or Services)
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MRP I
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Material Requirements Planning
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MRP II
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Manufacturing Resource Planning
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NL
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Nominal Ledger (also known as GL - General Ledger)
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NOS
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Network Operating System
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NPV
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Net Present Value
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NRV
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Net Realisable Value
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OCR
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Optical Character Recognition
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ODBC
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Open Database Connectivity
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OLAP
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Online Analytical Processing
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OLE
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Object Linking and Embedding
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OO
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Object Oriented
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P2P
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Peer to Peer
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PAN
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Personal Area Network
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PDF
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Portable Digital Format
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PERT
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Project Evaluation and Review Technique
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PL
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Purchase Ledger (also known as AP - Accounts Payable)
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PLM
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Production Line Management
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PM
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Project Management (or Manager)
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PMIS
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Project Management Information System
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PMO
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Project (Program) Management Office
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POP
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Purchase Order Processing
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PRINCE
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Project in Controlled Environments
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RDBMS
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Relational Database Management System
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RFI
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Request For Information
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RFP
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Request For Proposal
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RFQ
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Request For Quotation
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ROCE
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Return On Capital Employed
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ROI
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Return On Investment
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SaaS
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Software as a Service
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SAN
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Storage Area Network
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SDK
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Software Development Kit
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SIG
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Special Interest Group
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SKU
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Stock Keeping Unit
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SL
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Sales Ledger (also known as Accounts Receivable)
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SLA
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Service Level Agreement
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SOA
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Service Oriented Architecture
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SOAP
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Simple Object Access Protocol
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SQL
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Structured Query Language
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SRS
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Software (or System) Requirements Specification
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SSD
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Software Specification Document
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SSL
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Secure Sockets Layer
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TCO
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Total Cost of Ownership
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TQM
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Total Quality Management
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UAT
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User Acceptance Testing
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UPS
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Uninterruptible Power Supply
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VAR
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Value Added Reseller
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VLAN
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Virtual Local Area Network
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VOIP
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Voice Over Internet Protocol
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VPN
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Virtual Private Network
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WAN
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Wide Area Network
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WAP
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Wireless Application Protocol
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WBS
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Work Breakdown Structure
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WIFI
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Wireless Fidelity
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WLAN
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Wireless Local Area Network
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WML
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Wireless Markup Language
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XBRL
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Extensible Business Reporting Language
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XHTML
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Extensible HyperText Markup Language
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XML
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Extensible Markup Language
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XUL
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XML-based User Interface Language
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