Purdue University Acronyms
A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z
- A -
- 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
- B -
- 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
- BITS - Building IT Synergy
- 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
- BSR - Business Systems Reporting
- BSSC - Business Systems Steering Committee
- BST - Business Services Training
- BUDG - Budget
- BW - Business Warehouse (SAP's data warehouse)
- C -
- C&L - Convocations and Lectures
- C/S - Cost Sharing
- CAAMP - Clerical and Administrative Assistants Mentoring Program
- 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
- CICPC - Committee on Institutional Cooperation Purchasing Consortium
- 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
- D -
- 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.
- E -
- 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
- F -
- 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
- G -
- GDG - Generation Data Group
- GL - General Ledger
- GR/IR - Goods Receipt/Invoice Receipt
- GSL - Guaranteed Student Loan
- H -
- 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 -
- 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")
- J -
- JTRP - Joint Transportation Research Project
- JV - Journal Vouchers
- K -
- KBC - Knowledge Base Coordinator
- KEEP - Krannert Executive Education Programs
- L -
- 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/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
- N -
- 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
- O -
- 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
- P -
- 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 - Public 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
- PMO - Project Management Office
- 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
- PSCD - Public Sector Collection & Disbursement
- 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
- Q -
- QA - Quality Assurance
- QER - Quarterly Expenditure Report
- QTL - Questionable Transaction Listing
- R -
- 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 -
- 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 -
- 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
- U -
- 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)
- V -
- 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
- W -
- 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
- X -
- Y -
- YNQ - Yes/No Question