| 2D |
Two Dimensional |
| 3D |
Three Dimensional |
| 3PF |
Third Party Fulfillment |
| 3PLs |
Third Party Logistics |
| AAFES |
Army Air Force Exchange Service |
| ACH |
Automated Clearing House |
| ADL |
Advanced Distributed Learning |
| AFPA |
American Forest and Paper Association |
| AHMA |
American Hardware Manufacturers Association |
| AI |
Application Identifier |
| AIDC |
Automatic Identification and Data Capture/Collection |
| AIM |
American Institute of Management |
| AN |
Alphanumeric |
| ANSI |
American National Standards Institute |
| API |
Application Programming Interfaces |
| APS |
Advanced Planning and Scheduling |
| ARTS |
Association for Retail Technology Standards |
| AS2 |
Applicability Statement 2 |
| ASCII |
American Standard Code for Information Interchange |
| ASC X12 |
Accredited Standards Committee X12 |
| ASI |
Applicability Statement I |
| ASN |
Advance Ship Notice |
| ASP |
Application Service Provider |
| B2B |
Business-to-Business |
| B2Bi |
Business-to-Business Integration |
| B2C |
Business-to-Consumer |
| B2G |
Business-to-Government |
| BAG |
Business Action Group |
| BHMA |
Builders Hardware Manufacturers Association |
| BHR |
Bar Height Reduction |
| BMS |
Business Message Standard |
| BOL |
Bill of Lading |
| BRD |
Business Requirement Document |
| BRG |
Business Requirement Group |
| BRW |
Business Requirement Worksheet |
| BWR |
Bar Width Reduction |
| CAD |
Computer Aided Design |
| CASE |
Computer-Aided Software Engineering |
| CC |
Compliance Checks |
| CCD |
Charge Couple Device |
| CG |
Consumer Goods |
| CI |
Catalogue Item |
| CIC |
Catalogue Item Confirmation |
| CIN |
Catalogue Item Notification |
| CIP |
Catalogue Item Publication |
| CM |
Category Management |
| CPC |
Collaborative Product Commerce |
| CPFR |
Collaborative Planning, Forecasting and Replenishment® |
| CRM |
Customer Relationship Management |
| CRP |
Continuous Replenishment |
| CS |
Candidate Specification |
| CTI |
Corporate Technical Infrastructure |
| CTM |
Collaborative Transportation Management |
| DC |
Distribution Center |
| DEX |
Direct Exchange |
| DEX/UCS |
Direct Exchange UCS |
| DMA |
Direct Marketing Association |
| DOM |
Document Object Model |
| DSD |
Direct Store Delivery |
| DSL |
Digital Subscriber Line |
| DTD |
Document Type Definition |
| DTM |
Digital Transportation Marketplace |
| DVE |
Data Validation Engine |
| EAI |
Enterprise Application Integration |
| EAN |
European Article Number |
| EAN MO |
EAN Member Organization |
| EAS |
Electronic Article Surveillance |
| EBPP |
Electronic Bill Payment and Presentment |
| ebTWG |
eBusiness Transition Ad-Hoc Working Group |
| ebXML |
Electronic Business Extensible Markup Language |
| EC |
Electronic Commerce |
| ECC |
Error Checking and Correcting |
| ECCC |
Electronic Commerce Council of Canada |
| ecGIF |
Electronic Commerce Global Implementation Forum |
| ECM |
Enterprise Content Management |
| EDI |
Electronic Data Interchange |
| EDIINT |
EDI Over the Internet |
| EDMS |
Enterprise Document Management Systems |
| EFT |
Electronic Funds Transfer |
| EIM |
Enterprise Integration Modeling |
| EJB |
Enterprise Java Beans |
| EPC |
Electronic Product Code |
| ERP |
Enterprise Resource Planning |
| ERS |
Evaluated Receipts Settlement |
| FEDI |
Financial Electronic Data Interchange |
| FNCI |
Function I Character |
| FTL |
Full Truck Load |
| FTP |
File Transfer Protocol |
| GBM |
General Business Model |
| GCI |
Global Commerce Initiative |
| GDD |
Global Data Dictionary |
| GDP |
Gross Domestic Product |
| GDSN |
Global Data Synchronization Network |
| GIAI |
Global Individual Asset Identifier |
| GLN |
Global Location Number |
| GMA |
Grocery Manufacturers of America |
| GPC |
Global Product Classification |
| GPS |
Global Positioning Satellite |
| GRAI |
Global Returnable Asset Identifier |
| GSMP |
Global Standards Management Process |
| GSRN |
Global Service Relation Number |
| GTIN |
Global Trade Item Number |
| GUI |
Graphical User Interface |
| HAG |
Hardware Action Group |
| HCI |
Home Center Institute |
| HRI |
Human Readable Interpretation |
| HTI |
Hand Tools Institute |
| HTML |
Hyper Text Markup Language |
| HTTP |
Hyper Text Transfer Protocol |
| IBP |
Internet-Based Procurement |
| IC |
Integrated Circuit |
| IEC |
International Electrotechnical Commission |
| IEI |
Inter-Enterprise Integration |
| IMRA |
International Mass Retail Association |
| IPE |
Inbound Planning Engine |
| IPO |
Initial Public Offering |
| ISBN |
International Standard Book Number |
| ISDN |
Integrated Services Digital Network |
| ISO |
International Organization for Standardization |
| ISP |
Internet Service Provider |
| ISSN |
International Standard Serial Number |
| IT |
Information Technology |
| ITF |
Implementation Task Force |
| ITRG |
Information Technical Requirement Group |
| I/C EDI |
Industrial Commercial EDI |
| JCL |
Job Control Language |
| JPEG |
Joint Photographic Experts Group |
| KM |
Knowledge Management |
| KPI |
Key Performance Indicators |
| LAC |
Local Assigned Code |
| LAN |
Local Area Network |
| LEAP |
Leading Edge Advanced Procurement |
| LGMDA |
Lawn & Garden Marketing and Distribution Association |
| LLP |
Lead Logistics Provider |
| LOC |
Line of Code |
| LTL |
Less-Than-Truckload |
| MDN |
Message Disposition Notification |
| MES |
Manufacturing Execution System |
| MIME |
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension |
| MRO |
Maintenance Repair and Office |
| MRP |
Material Requirements Planning |
| MSP |
Marketplace Service Provider |
| MTO |
Make-To-Order |
| NABMDA |
North American Building Material Distribution Association |
| NAWLA |
North American Wholesale Lumber Association |
| NKBA |
National Kitchen & Bath Association |
| NLBMDA |
National Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association |
| NPD |
New Product Development |
| NRF |
National Retail Federation |
| NSF |
National Sanitary Foundation |
| NTE |
National Transportation Exchange |
| NTGA |
National Tabletop & Gift Association |
| NRHA |
North American Retail Hardware Association |
| OASIS |
Organizations for the Advancement of Structure Information Standards |
| OCR |
Optical Character Recognition |
| ODBMS |
Open Database Merchandising System |
| ODC |
Origin-Distributor Center |
| OEM |
Original Equipment Manufacturer |
| OIT |
Optical Image Technology |
| OLAP |
On-Line Analytical Processing |
| OMS |
Order Management System |
| ONS |
Object Name Service |
| OPEI |
Outdoor Power Equipment Institute |
| ORMS |
Operating Resource Management System |
| OTC |
Over The Counter |
| OTP |
One-Time Programmable |
| OVE |
Order Visibility Exchange |
| P3P |
Platform for Privacy Preferences Project |
| PAM |
Plant Asset Management |
| PAN |
Personal Area Network |
| PDA |
Personal Data Assistant |
| PDF |
Portable Data File |
| PDT |
Portable Data Terminal |
| PI |
Processing Instructions |
| PIPs |
Partner Interface Processes |
| PKI |
Public Key Infrastructure |
| PLU |
Price Look Up |
| PML |
Physical Markup Language |
| PO |
Purchase Order |
| POC |
Proof-of-Concept |
| POP |
Post Office Protocol |
| POS |
Point-of-Sale |
| PRM |
Partner Relationship Management |
| PTRG |
Physical Technical Requirement Group |
| RAD |
Rapid Application Development |
| RAM |
Random Access Memory |
| RCI |
Registry Catalogue Item |
| RCIR |
Registry Catalogue Item Registry |
| REDX |
Retail Enterprise Data in XML |
| RF |
Radio Frequency |
| RFDC |
Radio Frequency Data Communications |
| RFID |
Radio Frequency Identification |
| RFP |
Request for Proposal |
| RFQ |
Request for Quote |
| RIP |
Raster Image Processing |
| RLO |
Reusable Learning Object |
| RMA |
Return Materials Authorization |
| RNIF |
RosettaNet Implementation Framework |
| ROI |
Return On Investment |
| RPC |
Remote Procedure Call |
| RSS® |
Reduced Space Symbology® |
| RTLS |
Real Time Location System |
| RZSC |
Retailer Zero-Suppression Code |
| SAG |
Software Action Group |
| SAX |
Simple API XML |
| SCE |
Supply Chain Execution |
| SCM |
Supply Chain Management |
| SCORM |
Sharable Content Object Reference Model |
| SCM |
Supply Chain Management |
| SCP |
Supply Chain Planning |
| SDM |
Sourcing and Demand Management |
| SET |
Secure Electronic Transaction |
| SGML |
Standard Generalized Markup Language |
| SKU |
Stock Keeping Unit |
| SMEs |
Small to Mid-Sized Enterprises |
| SMI |
Supplier Managed Inventory |
| SMTP |
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol |
| SOAP |
Simple Object Access Protocol |
| SQL |
Structured Query Language |
| SRM |
Supplier Relationship Management |
| SRP |
Scan Reflectance Profile |
| SSCC |
Serial Shipping Container Code |
| SSL |
Secure Socket Layer |
| SWE |
Supply Web Exchange |
| TCP/IP |
Transmission (Transport) Control Protocol/Internet Protocol |
| TIFF |
Tagged-Image File Format |
| TL |
Truckload |
| TMS |
Transportation Management System |
| TPSA |
Trading Partner Service Agreement |
| UCC® |
Uniform Code Council, Inc.® |
| UCS |
Uniform Communication Standard |
| UDDI |
Universal Description, Discovery and Integration |
| UML |
Unified Modeling Language |
| UNSPSC® |
United Nations Standard Products & Services Classification |
| UN/CEFACT |
United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business |
| UPC |
Universal Product Code |
| UPN |
Universal Product Number |
| UPS |
Uninterrupted Power Supply |
| URI |
Uniform Resource Identifier |
| URL |
Uniform Resource Locator |
| USOC |
United States Olympic Committee |
| USPS |
United States Postal Service |
| VAB |
Value Added Bank |
| VAN |
Value Added Network |
| VAR |
Value Added Reseller |
| VASP |
Value Added Electronic Commerce Service Provided |
| VICS |
Voluntary Inter-Industry Commerce Standards |
| VMI |
Vendor Managed Inventory |
| VOIP |
Voice Over Internet Protocol |
| VPN |
Virtual Private Network |
| VTE |
Vendor Trading Exchange |
| VTS |
Virtual Tradeshow |
| W3C |
World Wide Web Consortium |
| WAN |
Wide Area Network |
| WAP |
Wireless Application Protocol |
| WAP |
Wireless Application Provider |
| WMS |
Warehouse Management System |
| WWRE |
Worldwide Retail Exchange |
| XRG |
X12 Requirements Group |
| XSD |
XML Schema |
| XML |
Extensible Markup Language |
| XSL |
Extensible Stylesheet Language |
