Following is the baseline encyclopedia of effective cloud and data center acronyms, terminologies and definitions that are used or should be put in use as a common language within the industry.
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A
- A(t)
- Instantaneous Availability.
- AA
- Achieved Availability.
- ABC
- Activity-Based Costing.
- AC
- Alternating Current.
- ADA
- Application Delivery Architecture.
- ADD
- Application Detailed Design.
- ADI
- Application Delivery Infrastructure.
- ADM
- Application Delivery Model.
- ADSL
- Asymmetric DSL.
- AE
- Application Ecosystem.
- AER
- Availability Efficacy Rating is data center’s measure of over all availability effectiveness, worthiness and value across the organization’s application ecosystem (AE).
- AGA
- Application General Architecture.
- AHJ
- Authority Has Jurisdiction.
- Ai
- Intrinsic Availability.
- Am(t2 - t1)
- Average Availability.
- AP
- Access Provider.
- Application Layer
- a set of software services that fulfill organization requirements.
- APS
- Application Platform Specification.
- As
- Steady State Availability.
- ASHRAE
- American Association of Heating Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers.
- ASP
- Application Service Provider.
- ATL
- Atmospheric Lifetime.
- ATM
- Asynchronous Transfer Mode.
- ATO Switch
- Automatic Throw Over Switch.
- ATS
- Automatic Transfer Switch.
- AUS
- Average User Sessions.
- AWG
- American Wire Gauge.
B
- BaaS
- Business as a Service.
- BAS
- Bild Austast Synchron.
- BBM
- Break Before Make.
- BC
- Backbone Cabling.
- BC
- Business Continuity.
- BCM
- Business Continuity Management.
- BCP
- Business Continuity Planning.
- BGP
- Border Gateway Protocol.
- BIA
- Business Impact Analysis.
- BICSI
- Building Industry Consulting Services International.
- BMC
- Baseboard Management Controller.
- BMS
- Building Management System.
- BOCB
- Bulk Oil Circuit Breaker.
- BOM
- Bill of Materials.
- BTS
- Busbar Trunking System.
- BTS
- Base Transceiver Station.
- BTU
- British Thermal Unit.
C
- CAF
- Conductive Anodic Filaments.
- CapEx
- Capital Expenditures.
- CAT Cable
- Category Cable.
- CAV
- Constant Air Volume System.
- CBEMA
- Computer & Business Equipment Manufacturers Association.
- CBN
- Common Bonding Network.
- CCTV
- Closed-Circuit Television.
- CCU
- Concurrent Users.
- CCU
- Closed Control Unit.
- CE Rating
- Capacity Efficacy Rating.
- CENELEC
- European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization.
- CER
- Capacity Efficacy Rating (CER) is data center’s measure of over all capacity effectiveness, worthiness and value across the organization’s application ecosystem (AE).
- CFD
- Computational Fluid Dynamics.
- CFM
- Cubic Feet per Minute.
- CIBSE
- Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers.
- CIFS
- Common Internet File System.
- CMH
- Cubic Meters per Hour.
- COBIT
- Control Objective for Information related Technology.
- Compute Layer
- the logical design of computing resources. Compute is a layer in which processing requirements of the application are defined in an abstract form.
- COP
- Coefficient of Performance.
- CPU
- Central Processing Unit.
- CR
- Computing Resources.
- CR
- Computer Room.
- CRAC
- Computer Room Air Conditioning.
- CRAH
- Computer Room Air Handling.
- CRS
- Compute Requirement Specification.
- CT
- Closed Transition.
- CUE
- Carbon Usage Effectiveness.
D
- DAS
- Direct Attached Storage.
- DC
- Direct Current.
- DC
- A Data Center is the Infrastructure supporting the Application Ecosystem (AE).
- DCA
- Data Center Authority.
- DCAB
- Data Center Application Build.
- DCAD
- Data Center Application Design.
- DCBC
- Data Center Build Certification.
- DCC
- Data Center Cloud is a set of data center nodes arranged in a specific topology.
- DCCA
- Data Center Certified Auditor.
- DCCB
- Data Center Compute Build.
- DCCC
- Data Center Certified Consultant.
- DCCD
- Data Center Compute Design.
- DCCI
- Data Center Certified Instructor.
- DCDC
- Data Center Design Certification.
- DCE
- Data Center Expert.
- DCES
- Data Center Engineering Specialist.
- DCETF
- Data Center Efficiency Task Force.
- DCFB
- Data Center Facility Build.
- DCFD
- Data Center Facility Design.
- DCIB
- Data Center ITI Build.
- DCID
- Data Center ITI Design.
- DCIE
- Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency.
- DCIM
- Data Center Infrastructure Management.
- DCIS
- Data Center Infrastructure Specialist.
- DCM
- Data Center Manager.
- DCN
- Data Center Node is a combination of physical Site, Site Facility Infrastructure (SFI), IT Infrastructure (ITI) supporting Application Ecosystem (AE) at a specific topology node.
- DCNB
- Data Center Node Build.
- DCNCD
- Data Center Node Conceptual Design
- DCND
- Data Center Node Design.
- DCNDD
- Data Center Node Detailed Design
- DCNE
- Data Center Node Engineer.
- DCNM
- Data Center Node Manager.
- DCNR
- Data Center Node Requirements
- DCOM
- Data Center Operations Manager.
- DCOS
- Data Center Operations Specialist.
- DCPB
- Data Center Platform Build.
- DCPD
- Data Center Platform Design.
- DCPDC
- DC Powered Data Centers.
- DCR
- Data Center Replication.
- DCSB
- Data Center Site Build.
- DCSD
- Data Center Site Design.
- DCT
- Data Center Topology.
- DCTB
- Data Center Topology Build
- DCTBC
- Data Center Topology Build Certification.
- DCTD
- Data Center Topology Design
- DCTE
- Data Center Topology Engineer.
- DCTM
- Data Center Topology Manager.
- DCTP
- Data Center Technology Professional.
- DE
- Design Efficiency.
- Dew Point
- The temperature at which the air can no longer hold all of its water vapor, and some of the water vapor must condense into liquid water.
- DFD
- Data Flow Diagram.
- DR
- Disaster Recovery.
- DRN
- for Disaster Recovery Node is a combination of physical Site, SFI, and ITI supporting application ecosystem at a specific topology node for the purpose of disaster recovery.
- DROOP
- Droop Speed Control.
- DRP
- Disaster Recovery Plan.
- DS
- Digital Signal.
- DVR
- Digital Video Recorder.
- DX
- Direct Expansion.
E
- EAP
- Extensible Authentication Protocol.
- ECC
- Emergency Cardiovascular Care.
- ED
- Extreme Density.
- EDA
- Equipment Distribution Area
- EER
- Energy Efficiency Ratio.
- EF
- Electric Field.
- EGW
- Ethylene Glycol and Water.
- EMF
- Electric Magnetic Field.
- EMI
- Electric Magnetic Interference.
- EMP
- Electric Magnetic Pulse.
- EMS
- Environment Monitoring System
- EPA
- Environment Protection Agency.
- EPMS
- Electrical Power Management System.
- EPO
- Emergency Power Off.
- ER
- Entrance Room
- ERF
- Energy Re-use Factor.
- ERM
- Entity Relationship Model.
- ESCON
- Enterprise Systems Connection.
- ESD
- Electro Static Discharge.
- ESR
- Efficacy Score Rating
- ETL
- Extract, Transform, Load.
- ETT
- Estimated Think Time.
- EUE
- Energy Usage Effectiveness.
F
- FC
- Ferrule Connector.
- FISMA
- Federal Information Security Management Act.
- FMS
- Facility Management System.
- FTP
- File Transfer Protocol.
G
- G
- Grade.
- G0
- Grade Level 0 is the highest level of achievement when awarded to any application, platform, compute, ITI, SFI, Site or Topology layers. G0 represents the lowest levels of risk, lowest level of insecurities, inefficiencies, vulnerabilities and chances of failure.
- G1
- Grade Level 1 is the above average level of achievement when awarded to any application, platform, compute, ITI, SFI, Site or Topology layers. G1 represents the low levels of risk, low level of insecurities, inefficiencies, vulnerabilities and chances of failure.
- G2
- Grade Level 2 is the average level of achievement when awarded to any application, platform, compute, ITI, SFI, Site or Topology layers. G1 represents an average exposure to risks, insecurities, inefficiencies, vulnerabilities and chances of failure.
- G3
- Grade Level 3 is the below average level of achievement when awarded to any application, platform, compute, ITI, SFI, Site or Topology layers. G3 represents a below average exposure to risks, insecurities, inefficiencies, vulnerabilities and chances of failure.
- G4
- Grade Level 4 is the lowest level of achievement when awarded to any application, platform, compute, ITI, SFI, Site or Topology layers. G4 represents the highest levels of risk, highest acceptable level of insecurities, inefficiencies, vulnerabilities and chances of failure.
- GEC
- Green Energy Coefficient.
- Genset
- Generator
- GRC
- Governance Risk and Compliance.
- GWP
- Global Warming Potential.
H
- HC
- Harmonic Current.
- HD
- High Density.
- HDA
- Horizontal Distribution Area
- HDD
- Hard Disk Drive.
- HITSP
- Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel.
- HSSD
- Highly Sensitive Smoke Detection.
- HTTP
- Hypertext Transfer Protocol.
- HTTPS
- Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure.
- HVAC
- High Voltage AC.
- HVAC
- Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning.
- HVDC
- High Voltage DC.
- HWQ
- Hardware Quantity.
I
- I
- Current (Amps).
- IaaS
- Infrastructure as a Service.
- IBC
- International Building Code
- IDCA
- International Data Center Authority.
- IDS
- Intrusion Detection System.
- IEC
- International Electrotechnical Commission.
- IFB
- Invitation For Bid.
- IGP
- Interior Gateway Protocol.
- IITC
- IDCA Integrated Technology Certification.
- INCITS
- International Committee for Information Technology Standards.
- Infinity
- Concept of achieving virtual infinite availability, reliability, security, capacity and resilience as adherent to the organization’s need.
- IP
- Ingress Protection.
- IPMI
- Intelligent Platform Management Interface.
- IPng
- Internet Protocol Next Generation.
- IPS
- Intrusion Prevention System.
- IPsec
- IP Security.
- IR
- Infrared.
- ISACA
- Systems Audit and Control Association.
- ISAE
- International Standard on Assurance Engagements.
- ISCC
- International Standardization and Compliance Committee.
- iSCSI
- Internet Small Computer System Interface.
- ISMS
- Information Security Management System.
- ISO
- International Organization for Standardization.
- ISOCH
- Isochronous Speed Control.
- ISP
- Internet Service Provider.
- ITDC
- IDCA Technology Design Certification.
- ITI
- Information Technology Infrastructure.
- ITI Layer
- a set of physical components at the information technology level, utilized for the application delivery, housed at the data center sites.
- ITIL
- IT Infrastructure Library.
- ITSC
- IDCA Technology System Certification.
- ITSC
- IDCA Technology System Certification.
- ITSM
- IT Service Management.
K
L
- L2F
- Layer 2 Forwarding.
- L2TP
- Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol.
- LAN
- Local Area Network
- Latent Load
- refers to the wet bulb temperature.
- Lbf
- Pound Force.
- LC
- Lucent/Little or Local Connector.
- LD
- Low Density.
- LED
- Light Emitting Diode.
- LEED
- Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design.
- Logical Infrastruture
- application, platform and compute abstraction layers of the infinity paradigm.
- LOM
- List of Materials.
- LP
- Liquid Petroleum.
- lx
- Lux, SI unit of luminous emittance.
M
- M&R&E
- Maintenance, Repair and Enhancement.
- MBM
- Make Before Break.
- MD
- Medium Density.
- MDA
- Main Distribution Area.
- MERV
- Minimum Efficiency Reporting Value.
- MF
- Magnetic Field.
- MMS
- Monitoring and Management System.
- MOCB
- Minimum Oil Circuit Breaker.
- MPLS
- Multiprotocol Label Switching.
- MPO/MTP
- Multiple-Fiber Push-On/Pull-Off.
- MT-RJ
- Mechanical Transfer Registered Jack.
- MTBF
- Mean Time Before Failure.
- MTTR
- Mean Time To Repair.
N
- NaaS
- Nothing as a Service.
- NaaS
- Nothing as a Service.
- NAS
- Network Attached Storage.
- NEBS
- National Equipment Building System.
- NEC
- National Electrical Code.
- NFPA
- National Fire Protection Association.
- NFS
- Network File System.
- NIC
- Network Interface Card.
- NIST
- National Institute of Standard Technology.
- nm
- Nano Meter, an SI unit of length, equal to 10−9 m.
- NMS
- Network Management System.
- NOAEL
- No Observable Adverse Effect Level.
- NOC
- Network Operations Center.
- NVR
- Network Video Recording.
O
- OC
- Optical Carrier.
- OC
- Optical Carrier.
- ODP
- Ozone Depletion Potential.
- OER
- Operational Efficacy Rating (OER) is data center’s measure of over all operational effectiveness, worthiness and value across the organization’s application ecosystem (AE).
- OGC
- Office of Government Committee.
- Ohm
- SI unit of electrical resistance.
- OLA
- Operation Level Agreement.
- OLR
- Operation Level Report.
- OP
- On Premise.
- OpenSDLC
- Open Systems Development Life Cycle.
- OpEx
- Operating Expenditures.
- OPF
- Open Process Framework.
- OSI
- Open Systems Interconnection.
- OSPF
- Open Shortest Path First.
- OT
- Open Transition.
P
- PaaS
- Platform as a Service.
- PAC
- Precision Air Conditioning.
- PAO
- Polyaliphatic Olefins.
- PDU
- Power Distribution Unit
- Pen Test
- Penetration Test.
- pF
- Power Factor.
- PGW
- Propylene Glycol and Water.
- Physical Infrastructure
- ITI, SFI, Site and Topology abstraction layers of the infinity paradigm.
- PIF
- Packet Inspection Firewalls.
- PIF
- Packet Inspection Firewalls.
- Platform Layer
- the methodology by which the application is delivered.
- PM
- Physical Machines.
- POD
- Platform Optimized Design.
- PPTP
- Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol.
- PS
- Physical Storage.
- PSG
- Paralleling Switchgear.
- PTW
- Permit To Work.
- PTZ
- Pan Tilt Zoom.
- PUE
- Power Usage Effectiveness.
Q
R
- R
- Resistance (Ohms).
- RAID
- Redundant Array of Independent Disks.
- RAS
- Risk Assessment Grade.
- RER
- Resilience Efficacy Rating (RER) is data center’s measure of over all resilience effectiveness, worthiness and value across the organization’s application ecosystem (AE).
- RFI
- Request for Information.
- RFID
- Radio-Frequency Identification.
- RFP
- Request for Proposal.
- RFQ
- Request for Quotation.
- RFT
- Request for Tender.
- RFW
- Radio Frequency Weapons.
- RLU
- Rack Location Unit.
- ROI
- Return on Investment.
- RPO
- Recovery Point Objective.
- RS
- Real Servers.
- RTO
- Recovery Time Objective.
S
- SaaS
- Software as a Service.
- SaaS
- Software as a Service.
- SACM
- Service Asset and Configuration Management.
- SAN
- Storage Area Network.
- SAS
- Serial Attached SCSI.
- SATA
- Serial ATA (Advanced Technology Attachment).
- SC
- Subscriber/Square or Standard Connector.
- SCM
- Service Catalog Management.
- SDH
- Synchronous Digital Hierarchy.
- SEER
- Seasonal Energy Efficiency.
- Sensible Load
- refers to the dry bulb temperature.
- SER
- Security Efficacy Rating (SER) is data center’s measure of over all safety & security effectiveness, worthiness and value across the organization’s application ecosystem (AE).
- SFI
- Site Facility Infrastructure.
- SFI Layer
- a set of components, at the facility level, utilized for the application delivery, housed at the data center sites.
- SFP
- Specific Fan Power.
- SFTP
- SSH File Transfer Protocol.
- SFTP
- Screened Foiled Twisted Pair.
- SHR
- Sensible Heat Ratio.
- Site Layer
- an independently operated space to house data center infrastructure.
- SLA
- Service Level Agreement.
- SLM
- Service Level Management.
- SLR
- Service Level Report.
- SONET
- Synchronous Optical Network.
- SOP
- Standard Operating Procedure.
- SOW
- Scope Of Work.
- SOW
- State Of Work.
- SPI
- Stateful Packet Inspection.
- SPM
- Service Level Management.
- SS
- Supporting Space.
- SSC
- Static Switch Cabinet.
- SSD
- Solid State Drive.
- SSH
- Secure Shell.
- SSL
- Secure Socket Layer.
- SSTP
- Screen Shielded Twisted Pair.
- ST
- Straight Tip.
- STM
- Synchronous Transport Module.
- STP
- Shielded Twisted Pair.
- STS
- Static Transfer Switch.
T
- TAFIM
- Technical Architecture Framework for Information Management.
- TCO
- Total Cost of Ownership.
- TCP/IP
- Transport Control Protocol / Internet Protocol.
- TDM
- Time Division Multiplexing.
- TED
- Transient Electromagnetic Device.
- THD
- Total Harmonic Distortion.
- The Core
- a model depicting the Infinity Paradigm.
- The Pyramid
- a model depicting the Infinity Paradigm.
- TIA
- Telecom Industry Association.
- TOGAF
- The Open Group Architecture Framework.
- Topology Layer
- is connectedness, continuity and boundaries signifying a set of correlations, connections, dependencies, and relations between various data center sites for the delivery of the organization’s application.
- TPS
- Transactions Per Second.
- TTD
- Time to Deploy.
- TTR
- Time To Recover.
- TVSS
- Transient Voltage Surge Suppression.
U
- UDP
- User Datagram Protocol.
- UL
- Underwriters Laboratories.
- UML
- Unified Modeling Language.
- UPS
- Uninterruptable Power Supply
- UTP
- Unshielded Twisted Pair.
- UV
- Ultraviolet.
V
- V
- Voltage.
- VA
- Volt Ampere.
- VAR
- Reactive Power.
- VAV
- Variable Air Volume System.
- VDI
- Virtual Desktop Infrastructure.
- VESDA
- Very Early Smoke Detection Apparatus.
- VFS
- Virtualized File System.
- VIn
- Voltage between phase line to neutral.
- VM
- Virtual Machines.
- VoIP
- Voice Over IP.
- VPN
- Virtual Private Network.
- Vpp
- Voltage between phase to phase.
- VRLA
- Valve-Regulated Lead-Acid.
- VRRP
- Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol.
- VS
- Virtual Storage.
- VSAT
- Very Small Aperture Terminal.
- VTS
- Verification Test Suites.
- VW
- Virtual World.
W
- W
- Watt.
- WAN
- Wide Area Network.
- WebDAV
- Wed Distributed Authoring and Versioning.
- WISP
- Wireless Internet Service Provider.
- WO
- Work Order.
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