Terminology For Enterprise
From AccountIT
Term | Description | Alias, Acronyms and Abbreviations |
JSON | JavaScript Object Notation | |
FAQ | Frequently Asked Questions | are listed questions and answers, all supposed to be commonly asked in some context, and pertaining to a particular topic. The format is commonly used on email mailing lists and other online forums, where certain common questions tend to recur. |
KPI | Key Performance Indicator | Whatever Key Performance Indicators are selected, they must reflect the organization's goals, they must be key to its success,and they must be quantifiable (measurable). Key Performance Indicators usually are long-term considerations. The definition of what they are and how they are measured do not change often.
•A business may have as one of its Key Performance Indicators the percentage of its income that comes from return customers. |
SaaS | Software as a Service | ... is a model for the distribution of software where customers access software over the Internet. In SaaS, a service provider hosts the application at its data center and a customer accesses it via a standard Web browser. |
PaaS | Platform as a Service | |
HaaS | Hardware as a Service | ... refers to managed services or grid computing, where computing power is leased from a central provider. In each case, the HaaS model is similar to other service-based models, where users rent, rather than purchase, a provider's tech assets. |
IaaS | Infrastructure as a Service | Characteristics and components of IaaS include:
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Cloud Computing | [1] | |