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| Acronymn |
Description |
| AACRAO |
American Assciation of College Registars and Admissions Officers |
| AAHE |
American Association for Higher Education |
| ABE |
Ag & Biological Engineering |
| ACCT |
Accounting Services |
| ACH |
Automatic Clearing House |
| ACID |
Accessor ID |
| ACS |
American Chemical Society |
| ACSC |
Application Continuity Steering Committee |
| ACT |
American College Testing Program |
| ACUBO |
Associations of Colleges and University Business Officers |
| AD |
Active Directory |
| ADDL |
Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory |
| ADIS |
Alumni Development Information System |
| ADMS |
Admissions |
| ADPC |
Administrative Data Processing Center (now IT) |
| AES |
Agriculture Experiment Station |
| AFF |
Available Funds File |
| AFOSR |
Air Force Office of Scientific Research |
| AFROTC |
Department of Aerospace Studies |
| AID |
Agency for International Development |
| AIE |
Audit Information Exchange |
| AIMS |
Account Information Management System |
| AIS |
Administrative Information Service |
| AMAS |
Account Maintenance and Attribute System |
| AME |
Advanced Micro Electronics |
| AP or A/P |
Accounts Payable |
| APC |
Amended Payroll Certification |
| APD |
Amended Payroll Distribution |
| API |
Academic Program Inventory. An updated edition will be issued by ICHE by May 29, 1992. A list of all programs authorized by the Commission that can be offered by Purdue. |
| APSAC |
Administrative and Professional Staff Advisory Committee |
| AR or A/R |
Accounts Receivable |
| ARA |
Administrative Report Access part of WAI |
| ARC |
Agronomy Research Center |
| ARO |
Army Research Office |
| AROTC |
Department of Military Science |
| ARRA |
American Reinvestment and Recovery Act |
| ARS |
Agriculture Research Service |
| ASA |
Administrative Services Annex |
| ASER |
Analytical Studies - Effort Reporting |
| ASM |
Application Services Managers (ITEA) |
| ATP |
College Board's Admission Testing Program which is administered by the Educational Testing Service (ETS); Admissions orders the ETS/ATP college code tape to obtain new codes for the Registrar/Admissions/Graduate School Derived College Code File. |
| AY |
Academic Year |
| BADR |
Business Administrator Department Reference System |
| BANDS |
University Bands |
| BC |
Budgetary Control |
| BCDF |
Budgetary Control Data File |
| BEOG |
Basic Equal Opportunity Grant |
| BEx |
Business Explorer (A native SAP reporting tool) |
| BI |
Business Intelligence |
| BLCA |
Business Lifecycle of an Account |
| BM |
Business Manager |
| BME |
Biomedical Engineering |
| BOPM |
Business Office Procedures Manual |
| BOSO |
Business Office Student Organization |
| BRTP |
Bursar Teleprocessing System |
| BS |
Business Services |
| BSAC |
Business Systems Advisory Committee |
| BSC |
Business Services Computing |
| BSSC |
Business Systems Steering Committee |
| BST |
Business Services Training |
| BUDG |
Budget |
| BW |
Business Warehouse (SAP's data warehouse) |
| C&L |
Convocations and Lectures |
| C/S |
Cost Sharing |
| CACUBO |
Central Association of College & University Business Officers |
| CADE |
Contracts Accounting Data Entry |
| CAPS |
Compensation and Account Projection System |
| CAPS |
Counseling And Psychological Services |
| CAR |
Centralized Accounts Receivable System |
| CARS |
Centralized Accounts Receivable System |
| CASB |
Cost Accounting Standard Board |
| CASS |
Calumet Staff/Student Vendors |
| CATV |
Calumet Trade Vendors |
| CAUSE |
the association for managing & using information resources in higher education (no caps) |
| CCH |
Commerce Clearing House |
| CCI |
Computer Channel, Inc. |
| CCO |
Center for Career Opportunities |
| CDE |
Customer Data Entry |
| CDFS |
Child Development and Family Studies |
| CEA |
Continuing Education Administration |
| CEBO |
Continuing Education Business Office |
| CEE |
Continuing Engineering Education |
| CEEB |
College Entrance Exam Board |
| CEEB AP Credit |
Credit awarded on the basis of achievement in College Entrance Examination Board Advanced Placement tests taken while in high school. |
| CES |
Cooperative Extension Service |
| CFS |
Consumer and Family Sciences |
| CIC |
Committee on Institutional Cooperation |
| CICS |
Customer Information Control System |
| CIE |
Center for Instructional Excellence |
| CIP |
Classification of Instructional Programs |
| CIS |
Center for Instructional Services |
| CISO |
Chief Information Security Officer |
| CLEP Credit |
Credit awarded on the basis of achievement in the College Level Examination Program. |
| CMDB |
Configuration Management Data Base |
| CMS |
Central Machine Shop |
| COA/NTP |
Continuation of Award/Notice to Proceed |
| COB |
Close of business |
| COBRA |
Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation |
| CODC |
Card Office Data Conversion |
| CODO |
Change of Degree Objectives |
| COEUS |
Sponsored Programs System developed by MIT |
| COGR |
Council on Governmental Relations |
| COI |
Conflict of Interest |
| COPA |
Cost of Program Allowance |
| CPC |
Capital Projects Council |
| CQI |
Continuous Quality Improvement |
| CRC |
Credit Research Center |
| CREF |
College Retirement Equities Fund |
| CRV |
Cash Receipts Voucher |
| CSAC |
Student Services Continuing Support Advisory Committee |
| CUMREC |
College and University Computer Users Conference |
| CUPA |
College and University Professional Association |
| DAIS |
Development & Alumni Information Services |
| DAR |
Defense Acquisition Regulations |
| DCAA |
Defense Contract Audit Agency |
| DCAC |
Student Services Distributed Computing Advisory Committee |
| DCM |
Departmental Computing Manager |
| DCMME |
Dauch Center for the Management of Manufacturing Enterprises |
| DE |
Department of Education (also The Federal Government refers to the agency as ED) |
| DFA |
Division of Financial Aid |
| DFAFS |
Department of Federal Assistance Financing System |
| DFS |
Distributed File System |
| DHHS |
Department of Health & Human Services |
| DMAC |
Data Management Advisory Committee |
| DOC |
Day on Campus |
| DOC |
Department of Commerce |
| DOD |
Department of Defense (Army, Navy, Air Force) |
| DOE |
Department of Energy |
| DOI |
Department of Interior |
| DOL |
Department of Labor |
| DOS |
Dean of Students |
| DOT |
Department of Transportation |
| DREF |
Departmental Reference |
| DRS |
Division or Recreational Sports |
| DSE |
Direct Student Email |
| DSP |
Division of Sponsored Programs |
| DSS |
Department of Student Services |
| DSS |
Decision Support System is part of Management Information's WAI project. |
| EAP |
Employee Assistance Program |
| EASC |
Enterprise Application Steering Committee |
| EC |
Entry Code |
| ECC |
Enterprise Core Components (formerly SAP R3) |
| ECCO |
E-Commerce and Credit Card Operations |
| ECFVG |
Educational Commission for Foreign Veterinary Graduates |
| ECN |
Engineering Computer Network |
| ED |
Department of Education |
| EEO |
Equal Employment Opportunity |
| EFPS |
Enterprise File and Print Services |
| EHPS |
Environmental Health and Public Safety |
| EPA |
Environmental Protection Agency |
| EPS |
Enrollment Planning Service |
| ERAC |
Enterprise Reporting Advisory Committee (a OnePurdue committee) |
| ERC |
Engineering Research Center |
| ERP |
Enterprise Resource Planning |
| ESA |
Enrollment & Student Affairs (A OnePurdue Team) |
| ESS |
Employee Self Service |
| ETS |
Educational Testing Service (The corporation that administers the CEEB and the SAT.???) |
| EVPAA |
Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs |
| EVPT |
Executive Vice President and Treasurer |
| EWOTS |
Electronic Work Order Transfer System |
| FAR |
Federal Acquisition Regulations |
| FASB |
Financial Accounting Standards Board |
| FCTR |
Federal Cash Transaction Report |
| FDA |
Food & Drug Administration |
| FERPA |
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act |
| FIAA |
Financial Information Account Attribute System |
| FIBS |
Financial Information Budget Summary |
| FICA |
Financial Information Chart of Accounts |
| FICE |
Federal Interagency Commission on Education |
| FIJV |
Financial Journal Voucher System (Accessed via BADR to correct DREF's online) |
| FLSA |
Fair Labor Standards Act |
| FMC |
Federal Management Circular |
| FMIS |
Financial Management Information System |
| FOS |
Field of Study |
| FPR |
Federal Procurement Regulations |
| FSA |
Flexible Spending Accounts |
| FSSR |
Financial Summary Status Report |
| FTE |
Full Time Equivalent |
| FWSS |
Fort Wayne Student/Staff Vendors |
| FWTV |
Fort Wayne Trade Vendors |
| FY |
Fiscal Year |
| GDG |
Generation Data Group |
| GL |
General Ledger |
| GR/IR |
Goods Receipt/Invoice Receipt |
| GSL |
Guaranteed Student Loan |
| HEGIS |
Higher Education General Information Survey |
| HHS |
Health and Human Services |
| HIPAA |
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act |
| HR |
Human Resource |
| HRS |
Human Resource Services |
| HSSE |
Humanities, Social Sciences, and Education Library |
| HTML |
Hypertext Markup Language |
| HUD |
Department of Housing and Urban Development |
| HUsB |
Historically Underutilized Small Business |
| I/C |
Institutes/Centers |
| I2A2 |
Infrastructure for Identification, Authentication and Authorization |
| IA |
Internal Audit |
| IAC |
Indiana Arts Commission |
| IACRAO |
Indiana Association of College Registrars and Admissions Officers |
| IACUBO |
Indiana Association of College and University Business Officers |
| IAM |
Identity and Access Management |
| IAMAC |
Identity and Access Management Advisory Committee |
| IBDC |
Indiana Business Diversity Council |
| IBM |
International Business Machines |
| ICA |
Intercollegiate Athletics |
| ICHE |
Indiana Commission on Higher Education. Consolidated data from both Registrar and DFA for all Purdue campuses. Yearly reports are due in Sept. for the previous academic year. |
| IDC |
Indirect Cost |
| IDN |
Institutional Data Network is the University's coordinating body to provide accurate institutional research data and facilitates the ability to respond to requests for information about Purdue in a unified and standard manner. |
| IEMA |
Indiana Electronics Manufactures Association |
| IFC |
Purdue Interfraternity Council |
| IIES |
Institute-Interdisciplinary Engineering Studies |
| IIV |
Intramural Invoice Voucher |
| IOC |
Infrastructure Operating Center |
| IP |
Office of International Programs |
| IPA |
International Programs in Agriculture |
| IPAS |
Institutional Prior Approval System |
| IPEDS |
Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System is a federally mandated system of surveys designed to collect data from postsecondary institutions in areas like enrollments, program completions, faculty and staff, student financial aid, and finances. |
| IPFW |
Indiana-Purdue at Fort Wayne |
| IPIT |
Office of International Programs Information Technology |
| ISS |
Office of International Students and Scholars |
| ISSC |
Information Stewardship Steering Council |
| IST |
Information Systems & Technology Education Program |
| IT |
Information Technology |
| ITAP |
Information Technology At Purdue |
| ITD |
Information Technology Department |
| ITDR |
ITaP Discovery Resources |
| ITEA |
Information Technology Enterprise Applications |
| ITI |
Information Technology Infrastructure |
| ITIL |
Information Technology Infrastructure Library |
| ITSM |
Information Technology Service Management |
| IUPUI |
Indiana University/Purdue University at Indianapolis |
| IUPUI FW |
Indiana University/Purdue University at Fort Wayne |
| IV |
Invoice Voucher (previous to 7/1/85, it was called "Check Request") |
| JTRP |
Joint Transportation Research Project |
| JV |
Journal Vouchers |
| KBC |
Knowledge Base Coordinator |
| KEEP |
Krannert Executive Education Programs |
| LA |
Liberal Arts |
| LAN |
Local Area Network |
| LEC |
Libraries Electronic Classroom |
| LIBR |
West Lafayette Library Vendors |
| LOC |
Letter of Credit |
| LORRE |
Laboratory of Renewable Resources Engineering |
| LPC |
Leaves Processing Center |
| LTD |
Long Term Disability |
| M/M |
Major/Minor |
| MAI |
Multiple Application Interface |
| MARC |
Minority Access to Research Careers |
| MASFAA |
Midwest Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators |
| MBE |
Minority Business Enterprise |
| MDC |
Manager of Distributed Computing, a.k.a. Zone Manager |
| ME |
Mechanical Engineering |
| MEP |
Minority Engineering Programs |
| MER |
Monthly Expenditure Report |
| MIDC |
Multimedia Instructional Development Center |
| MITE |
Minority Introduction to Engineering |
| MRL |
Materials Research Laboratory |
| MSA |
Management Science America |
| MSAS |
Management Science America System (Financial System - BC,GL,AP) |
| MSE |
School of Materials Engineering |
| MTDC |
Modified Total Direct Cost |
| MTL |
Monthly Transaction Listing (an accounting report) |
| MUCIA |
Midwest University Consortium for International Activities Inc. |
| MVS |
Multiple Visual Storage |
| NACAS |
National Association of College Auxiliary Services |
| NACUBO |
National Association of College and University Business Officers |
| NASA |
National Aeronautics & Space Administration |
| NCAA |
National Collegiate Athletic Association |
| NCES |
National Center for Education Statistics |
| NCSA |
National Center for Supercomputing Applications |
| NCSS |
North Central Trade Vendors |
| NCURA |
National Council of University Research Administrators |
| NEA |
National Endowment for the Arts |
| NEH |
National Endowment for the Humanities |
| NEO |
New Employee Orientation |
| NIE |
National Institute of Education |
| NIH |
National Institute of Health |
| NIMBOC |
Nortwest Indiana Minority Business Opportunity Center |
| NIMH |
National Institute of Mental Health |
| NIOSH |
National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health |
| NIST |
National Institute of Standards & Technology |
| NOA |
Notice of Award |
| NOAA |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
| NOE |
Notice of Project Expiration |
| NPIRS |
National Pesticide and Information Retrieval System |
| NRC |
Nuclear Regulatory Commission |
| NROTC |
Department of Naval Science |
| NSC |
National Security Council |
| NSF |
National Science Foundation |
| NTP |
Notice to Proceed |
| OBC |
Other Bank Credit |
| OBD |
Other Bank Debit |
| OCGBA |
Office of Contract and Grant Business Affairs |
| ODOS |
Office of the Dean of Students |
| OEC |
Oversight Executive Committee (for OnePurdue) |
| OIA |
Other Institutional Activities |
| OIR |
Office of Institutional Research |
| OMB |
Office of Management & Budget |
| ONR |
Office of Naval Research |
| OPAS |
Organizational Prior Approval System |
| OPSC |
OnePurdue Steering Committee |
| OPSC |
OnePurdue Support Center |
| OSDD |
Office of Supplier Diversity Development |
| OSHA |
Occupational Safety and Health Act |
| OTT |
Office of Technology Transfer |
| OUA |
Office of the University Architect |
| OWRT |
Office of Water Resources Technology |
| PACADA |
Purdue Academic Advisors Association |
| PAFX |
Flex Benefits |
| PAIS |
Payroll Information System |
| Panhel |
Purdue Panhellenic Association |
| PAR |
Personnel Activity Report |
| PARS |
Purdue Applicant Retrieval Systems |
| PATP |
Payroll Teleprocessing (CIS Paymaster) |
| PAYR |
Payroll |
| PAYR/PAFX |
Payroll/Flex Interface |
| PAYR/PPWP |
Payroll/Work in Process Interface |
| PC |
Personal Computer |
| PCN |
Physics Computer Network |
| PDC |
Payroll Distribution Change |
| PDF |
Portable Document Format |
| PDN |
Purdue Data Network |
| PED |
Purdue Electronic Directory |
| PEDB |
Personnel Database |
| PEDC |
Personnel database (inquiry to personnel data) |
| PERF |
Purdue Employees Retirement Fund |
| PHS |
Public Health Service |
| PI |
Principal Investigator |
| PIC |
Programmer in Charge |
| PLAIC |
Purdue Laboratory for Applied Industrial Control |
| PM |
Payment Method |
| PM |
Preventative Maintenance |
| PMDES |
Person Master Data Enterprise Service |
| PMM |
Peat Marwick & Mitchell |
| PMO |
Purdue Musical Organizations |
| PMS |
Payment Management System |
| PMU |
Purdue Memorial Union |
| PNC |
Purdue University- North Central |
| PNHS |
Pharmacy, Nursing, and Health Sciences |
| PO |
Purchase Order |
| POD |
Process On Demand |
| POET |
PUID Opsysid Establishment and Translation application |
| POS |
Programs of Study |
| PP |
Pay Period |
| PPS |
Purdue Person Search |
| PPWC |
Purdue Primary Web Cluster |
| PRF |
Purdue Research Foundation |
| PRP |
Procurement Redesign Project |
| PSAT |
College Board's Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test |
| PSG |
Purdue Student Government |
| PSPM |
Purdue Systems Provisioning and Management Project |
| PSS |
Purdue Summer Start |
| PST |
Purdue Statewide Technology |
| PTC |
Purdue Technology Center |
| PU |
Purdue University |
| PUC |
Purdue University-Calumet |
| PUIB |
Purchasing Incidental Billing |
| PUID |
Purdue University Identifier |
| PULSe |
Purdue University Interdisciplinary Life Science Ph.D. program |
| PUPO |
Purdue University Purchase Order System |
| PURE |
Purchasing Request System |
| PUSH |
Purdue University Student Health Center |
| QA |
Quality Assurance |
| QER |
Quarterly Expenditure Report |
| QTL |
Questionable Transaction Listing |
| R.A.D. |
Rape Aggression Defense |
| RAA |
Resource Assignment Application |
| RAMIS |
Random Access Management Information System |
| REGR |
Office of the Registrar |
| REM |
Radiological and Environmental Management |
| RETP |
Registrar Teleprocessing |
| REU |
Research Experience for Undergraduates |
| RHAC |
Residence Hall Accounting |
| RHCA |
Access Card Interfaces |
| RIP |
Research Incentive Program |
| RJE |
Remote Job Entry |
| RLA |
Request and Leave Action (form) for Sabbatical, Research Leave, Outside Activity Leave or Change in Duty Station |
| ROSCOE |
Remote Operating System Conversational Operating System Environment |
| RPS |
Physical Facilities' Request for Professional Services |
| RSS |
Really Simple Syndication |
| RVS |
Restricted Voluntary Support |
| RWD |
A privately held company that develops, implements, and supports products and services used to deliver end-user training solutions, IT consulting services, and organizational performance improvement. Robert W Deutsch |
| S & E |
Supplies and Expenses |
| S & W |
Salaries and Wages |
| SA |
convention for Office of Programs for Study Abroad |
| SAC |
Security Advisory Committee |
| SAMHSA |
Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration |
| SAMHSE |
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration |
| SAN |
Storage Area Network |
| SANS Institute |
SysAdmin, Audit, Network, Security Institute |
| SAO |
Student Activities and Organizations (part of ODOS) |
| SAP |
Systems, Applications & Products |
| SAS |
Statistical Analysis System |
| SAT |
College Board's Scholastic Aptitude Test |
| SBM |
Suspended Batch Master |
| SCC |
Student Concert Committee |
| SCS |
Student Contact System |
| SE |
Summer Employment |
| SFRC |
Short Forms Research Contract |
| SICF |
Student Information Consolidated File |
| SID |
Student Identification (Number) |
| SIRS |
Stores Inventory Request System |
| SITP |
Student Information Teleprocessing |
| SLA |
Service Level Agreement |
| SLAC |
Student Loans |
| SMARTcomputing |
System Management Acquisition Resources Tools |
| SMAS |
Space Management and Academic Scheduling |
| SMP |
Special Merit Pay |
| SMUR |
Standard Monthly User Reports |
| SOE |
School of Education |
| SPEEDE |
Standardization of Postsecondary Education Electronic Data Exchange |
| SPS |
Sponsored Program Services |
| SPTS |
Sponsored Program Tracking System |
| SRM |
Supplier Relationship Management |
| SSA |
Social Security Administration |
| SSC |
Shared Services Center |
| SSCSC |
Student Services Computing Steering Committee |
| SSF |
Specialized Services Facilities |
| SSInfo |
Student Services Information on the Web |
| SSTA |
Student Services Technology & Assessment |
| STA |
Student Travel Organization |
| STD |
Short Term Disability |
| STEP |
Seminar for Top Engineering Prospects |
| SU |
Summer |
| SUGEN |
SAP User Group Executive Network |
| SURI |
Summer Undergraduates Research Initiative |
| SWT |
State Wide Technology |
| T&F |
Tuition and Fees |
| TA |
Type of Activity |
| TAEVIS |
Tactile Access to Education for Visually Impaired Students |
| TAP |
Technical Assistance Program |
| TDA |
Tax Deferred Annuity |
| TIAA/CREF |
Teachers Insurance Annuity Association/College Retirement Equities Fund |
| TIS |
Technical Information Service |
| TRAX |
Student Services Computing Integration Project |
| TVA |
Tennessee Valley Authority |
| UCG |
University Contracting Group |
| UCO |
University Collections Office |
| UDO |
University Development Office |
| UGRL |
Hicks Undergraduate Library |
| URL |
Universal Resource Locator |
| URL |
University Religious Leaders |
| USAF |
United Student Aid Fund |
| USCG |
US Coast Guard |
| USDA |
United States Department of Agriculture |
| USDE |
United States Department of Education |
| USDI |
United States Department of Interior |
| USDL |
United States Department of Labor |
| USGS |
United States Geological Survey |
| USOE |
United States Office of Education |
| USP |
Undergraduate Studies Program |
| USS |
Utility Software Services (a part of ITaP's Computing Services) |
| VA |
Veterans Administration |
| VCS |
Voluntary Cost Sharing |
| VEPR |
Voluntary Early Partial Retirement |
| VIC |
Visitor Information Center |
| VMI |
Veterinary Microbiology, Pathology and Public Health |
| VPBS |
Vice President for Business Services & Assistant Treasurer |
| VPH |
Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology |
| VPSS |
Vice President for Student Services |
| VRA |
Vocational Rehabilitation Administration |
| VSP |
Vision Service Plan |
| WAI |
Window to Administrative Information |
| WBE |
Women's Business Enterprise |
| WIEP |
Women In Engineering Programs |
| WIP |
Work In Progress |
| WLCE |
West Lafayette Contractual Encumbrance |
| WLSS |
West Lafayette Staff/Student Vendors |
| WLTV |
West Lafayette Trade Vendors and Physical Plant |
| WPAFB |
Wright Patterson Air Force Base |
| WSUS |
Windows Server Update Services |
| YNQ |
Yes/No Question |
