- IDEF1X : IDEF1X data modeling
- SDK : Software Development Kit
- VLSI: Very Large Scale Integration
- SOA : Service-Oriented Architecture
- SI : Sales Intelligence
- EVA : Economic Value Added
- DODAF : Department of Defense Architecture Framework
- IDEF: Integrated DEFinition
- ERA : Electronics Record Archive
- PKI : Public Key Infrastructure
- MARC : Machine-Readable Cataloging
- WORM : Write Once, Read Many
- MTF : Mean Time Between Failures
- FAQ : Frequently-Asked Questions
- RAID : Redundant Array of Independent Disks
- OE: Operational Excellence. التميز التشغيلي
- DGC : Data Governance Council
- FIPS : Federal Information Processing Standard
- HQL : Hierarchical Query Language
- CMM : Capability Maturity Model
- GIS : Geographic Information System
- BCNF: Boyce/Codd Normal Form
- IP : Intellectual Property
- DASD : Direct Access Storage Device
- HTML : Hypertext Markup Language
- DA : Data Administration
- SysML : Systems Modeling Language
- BOK : Body of Knowledge
- COBIT: Control OBjectives for Information and related Technology
- XP : eXtreme Programming
- GSB: Government Service Bus (A National Data Platform). قناة التكامل الحكومية (إحدى المنصات الوطنية للبيانات)
- DQ: Data Quality. جودة البيانات
- CRUD : Create-Read-Update-Delete
- POC: Proof-Of-Concept
- COM : Common Object Model
- UDDI : Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration
- OSF : Open Software Foundation
- 0..1:0..M : zero-or-one-to-zero-or-Many
- KM : Knowledge Management
- OMR : Optical Mark Recognition
- MPP : Massively Parallel Processing
- GMA : General Morphological Analysis
- M:1: Many-to-one
- GUID : Globally Unique Identifier
- BI : Business Intelligence
- MDD : Model-Driven Development
- IASB : International Accounting Standards Board
- IDL : Interface Definition Language
- SOI : Service-Oriented Integration
- SDM : Semantic Data Model
- SDAIA: Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority. الهيئة السعودية للبيانات والذكاء الاصطناعي
- OCR : Optical Character Recognition
- WYSIWYG : What-You-See-Is-What-You-Get
- POV : Point of View
- EAR : Entity Attribute Relationship
- DMADV : Define, Measure, Analyze,Design, and Verify
- OID : Object Identifier
- Y2K: Year 2000
- DAAS : Data As A Service
- BPEL : Business Process Execution Language
- PAAS: Platform As A Service
- NDI: National Data Index. المؤشر الوطني للبيانات "نضيء"
- OMG : Object Management Group
- MeSH : Medical Subject Heading
- MIS : Management Information System
- BPM: Business Process Model
- GSDN : Global Data Synchronization Network
- BOI : Bill of Information
- ROM : Read-Only Memory
- Mb : Megabyte
- DDE : Dynamic Data Exchange
- ANSI : American National Standards Institute
- SAM : Sequential Access Method
- OWL : Web Ontology Language
- CKO : Chief Knowledge Officer
- CTO : Chief Technology Officer
- DCL : Data Control Language
- b : byte
- DBA: DataBase Administrator
- KIF : Knowledge Interchange Format
- ARPANET : Advanced Research Projects Agency Network
- WCM : Web Content Management
- DG: Data Governance. حوكمة البيانات
- ODBC : Open Database Connectivity
- DES : Data Encryption Standard
- CGI : Computer-Generated Imagery
- WMS : Web Map Service
- XIE : eXtended Intelligent Enterprise Architecture
- IQ : Information Quality
- COTS : Commercial Off The Shelf
- EDIFACT: Electronic Data Interchange for Administration, Commerce, and Transport
- MDX : Multi-Dimensional eXtensions to SQL
- CCA : Clinger-Cohen Act
- PK : Primary Key
- EBCDIC : Extended Binary Code Decimal Interchange Code
- WFS : Web Feature Service
- NFS : Network File Share
- WOLAP : Web-based OnLine Analytical Processing
- UNSPSC : Universal Standard Products and Services Classification
- DRDA : Distributed Relational Database Architecture
- LDM : Logical Data Model
- LAN : Local Area Network
- PMI : Project Management Institute
- SWOT : Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats
- BISP: Business Intelligence Service Provider
- RFID : Radio Frequency Identification
- HOLAP : Hybrid OnLine Analytical Processing
- 3NF : third Normal Form
- DSS : Decision Support System
- OER : Open Educational Resource
- VRML : Virtual Reality Markup Language
- SGML : Standard Generalized Markup Language
- CDI : Common Data Architecture
- QC : Quality Control
- MME : Managed Meta-data
- EDM : Enterprise Data Management
- WSRP : Web Services for Remote Portlets
- OCW : OpenCourseWare
- SOM : Self-Organizing Map
- B2B : Business-to-Business
- Tb : Terabyte
- RDF : Resource Description Framework
- EAI : Enterprise Application Integration
- SOX : Sarbanes-Oxley Act
- SAN : Storage Area Network
- CPU : Central Processing Unit
- XFML : eXchangeable Faceted Metadata Language
- DCMI : Dublin Core Metadata Initiative
- JOLAP : Java OnLine Analytical Processing
- DMAIC : Define, Measure, Analyze,Improve and Control
- TDWI : The Data Warehouse Institute
- DW : Data Warehousing
- FK : Foreign Key
- BATOG: Business, Applications, Technology, Organization, and Governance
- HTTP : HyperText Transfer Protocol
- MQL : Multi-dimensional Query
- DSC : Data Stewardship Committee
- CBOK®: Business Process Management Common Body of Knowledge
- QFD : Quality Function Deployment
- CBIP : Certified Business Intelligence Professional
- ORDBMS : Object Relational DataBase Management System
- JDBC : Java Database Connectivity
- OLTP : OnLine Transaction Processing
- EDM: Enterprise Data Model
- EPC : Event-driven Process Chain
- PDM : Physical Data Model
- OODB : Object-Oriented DataBase
- XMI : XML Meta-data Interchange
- SWEBOK® : Software Engineering Body of Knowledge
- BSC : Balanced ScoreCard
- Kb : Kilobyte
- LTV : lifetime value
- Eb : Exabyte
- JPEG : Joint Photographic Experts Group
- WS-I : Web Services Interoperability Organization
- CDMP : Certified Data Management Professional
- ORM : Object Role Model
- ODP: Open Data Platform (A National Data Platform). منصة البيانات المفتوحة (إحدى المنصات الوطنية للبيانات)
- CIF : Corporate Information Factory
- SEI : Software Engineering Institute
- M:N : Many-to-Many
- ERM : Enterprise Risk Management
- MDDB : Multi-Dimensional DataBase
- OSINT : Open Source Intelligence
- XMI : eXtensible Markup Interface
- UML : Unified Modeling Language
- 0..1:1 : zero-or-one-to-one
- EDF : Enterprise Data Fabric
- RSA : RSA encryption
- OASIS: Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information
- EKNF : Elementary Key Normal Form
- SPARQL : SPARQL Protocol and RDF Query Language
- SME : Subject Matter Expert
- EDMS : Electronic Document Management System
- MDM : Master Data Management
- DBMS: DataBase Management System
- PDPL: Personal Data Protection. حماية البيانات الشخصية
- ISP : Information Systems Planning
- WWW : World Wide Web
- EDW : Enterprise Data Warehouse
- GUI : Graphical User Interface
- DM : Data Management
- USPS : United States Postal Service
- ITABOK: IT Architect Body of Knowledge
- MVC : Model-View-Controller
- DA : Data Architect
- SCM : Supply Chain Management
- OLAP : OnLine Analytical Processing
- IAM : Information Asset Management
- WOM : Word of Mouth
- ITU : International Telecommunications Union
- BPR : Business Process Reengineering
- GML : Geography markup language
- OODBMS : Object-Oriented DataBase Management System
- ISAM : Indexed Sequential Access
- CI : Confidence Interval
- CGI : Common Gateway Interface
- EDA : Exploratory Data Analysis
- Gb : Gigabyte
- RAM : Random Access Memory
- TCP/IP: Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and the Internet Protocol (IP)
- DDL : Data Definition Language
- BPM : Business Performance Measurement
- SSD : Solid State Drive
- BIMM : Business Image Management and Multimedia
- 0..1:1..M : zero-or-one-to-one-or-Many
- NoSQL : Not Only SQL
- CBK : Common Body of Knowledge
- IP : Internet Protocol
- NDL : Network Definition Language
- TCO : Total Cost of Ownership
- EER : Extended Entity Relationship
- 1:1..M : one-to-one-or-Many
- DOLAP : Desktop OnLine Analytical Processing
- OOPS : Object-Oriented Programming System
- XBRL : eXtensible Business Reporting Language
- MTBF : Mean Time Between Failures
- SOLAP : Spatial OnLine Analytical Processing
- ISO : International Organization for Standardization
- DA : Data Administrator
- J2EE : Java2 Platform Enterprise Edition
- JSP : Java Server Page
- ER : Entity Relationship
- RPO : Recovery Point Objective
- MTTR : Mean Time To Recover
- PSPBOK : Personal Software Process Body of Knowledge
- XSL : eXtensible Stylesheet Language
- DMP: Data Marketplace (A National Data Platform). منصة سوق البيانات (إحدى المنصات الوطنية للبيانات)
- GAAP : Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
- SAX : Simple API for XML
- WSDL : Web Services Description Language
- DAS : Direct Attached Storage
- EJB: Enterprise JavaBeans
- SCM : Software Configuration Management
- FOAF : Friend Of A Friend
- UPU : Universal Postal Union
- SQC : Statistical Quality Control
- ASP : Application Service Provider
- ODS : Operational Data Store
- AI : Artificial Intelligence
- BPM : Business Performance Management
- TIFF: Tagged Image File Format
- SHOE : Simple HTML Ontology Extension
- ITIL : Information Technology Information Technology
- PDI : Product Data Integration
- NPV : Net Present Value
- DFD : Data Flow Diagram
- NAICS : North American Industrial Classification System
- CDO : Chief Data Officer
- UCS : Universal Character Set
- B2C : Business-to-Consumer
- QUEL : QUEry Language
- SNIA : Storage Networking Industry Association
- FTP : File Transfer Program
- VSAM : Virtual Storage Access Method
- CART : Classification And Regression Tree
- IEEE : Institute for Electric and Electronic Engineers
- WAN: Wide Area Network
- CASE : Computer Aided Software Engineering
- SIC : Standard Industrial Code
- OGC : Open Geospatial Consortium
- BPM : Business Performance Modeling
- CSS : Cascading Style Sheet
- UPC : Universal Product Code
- TQM : Total Quality Management
- MTR : Mean Time To Recover
- POOD : Principle of Orthogonal Design
- MDDBMS : Multi-Dimensional DataBase Management System
- IDEF2 : IDEF2 simulation modeling notation
- FASB : Financial Accounting Standards Board
- DNS : Domain Name System
- KSA: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. المملكة العربية السعودية
- QFH : Query From Hell
- ACID : Atomicity, Consistency,Isolation, and Durability
- ISBN : International Standard Book Number
- ID : IDentifier
- 2NF : second Normal Form
- NDA : Non-Disclosure Agreement
- CEP : Complex Event Processing
- SDLC : Systems Development LifeCycle
- CCMS : Component Content Management System
- KPI : Key Performance Indicator
- PHI : Personal Health Information
- PIM : Product Information Management
- CSF : Critical Success Factor
- DMS : Data Management Services
- MM : Meta-data Management
- DTD : Document Type Definition
- OIL : Ontology Inference Layer
- SIMM : Service Integration Maturity Model
- DEM : Digital Elevation Model
- BPM : Business Process Management
- STD : State Transition Diagram
- ODBMS : Object-Oriented DataBase Management System
- POFN : Principle of Full Normalization
- BPMN : Business Process Modeling Notation
- DMS : Document Management System
- CPM : Critical Path Method
- NDL: National Data Lake (A National Data Platform). بحيرة البيانات الوطنية (إحدى المنصات الوطنية للبيانات)
- DGO : Data Governance Office
- BPMM : Business Process Maturity Model
- SIG : Special Interest Group
- FIFO: First In, First Out
- MIPS : Million Instructions Per Second
- IDE: Integrated Development Environment
- CIO : Chief Information Officer
- RPC : Remote Procedure Call
- SMP : Symmetrical Multi-Processing
- PERT : Program Evaluation and Review Technique
- CBA : Cost Benefit Analysis
- BPS : Bits Per Second
- EHR : Electronic Health Record
- COE : Center Of Excellence
- OHLC : Open-High-Low-Close
- EPM : Enterprise Performance Management
- PCI DSS : Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard
- IE : Information Engineering data modeling notation
- OO : Object-Oriented
- NDC: National Data Catalog (A National Data Platform). فهرس البيانات الوطني (إحدى المنصات الوطنية للبيانات)
- MQ : Magic Quadrant
- SAAS : Software as a Service
- ERP : Enterprise Resource Planning
- ISC : Information Supply Chain
- ASCII : American Standard Code for Information Interchange
- DMA : Direct Marketing Association
- EIS : Executive Information System
- ETL : Extract-Transform-Load
- CRM : Citizen Relationship Management
- DKNF : Domain/Key Normal Form
- BAM : Business Activity Monitoring
- SSL : Secure Sockets Layer
- ROLAP : Relational OnLine Analytical Processing
- 1:1 : one-to-one
- SOAP : Simple Object Access Protocol
- GA : Generally Acceptable release
- UAT : User Acceptance Test
- FOM : Fact Oriented Modeling
- XML/A: XML for Analysis
- MOLAP : Multi-dimensional OnLine Analytical Processing
- IDE : Integrated Drive Electronics
- DAMADMBOK: Data Management Body of Knowledge
- ACM : Association for Computing Machinery
- NIST : National Institute for Standards and Technology
- 1NF : first Normal Form
- ESB : Enterprise Service Bus
- RDBMS : Relational DataBase Management System
- EIM : Enterprise Information Management
- RTO : Recovery Time Objective
- RAD : Rapid Application Development
- SVM : Support Vector Machine
- BPEL4WS : Business Process Execution Language for Web Services
- ACS : American Community Survey
- SMS: Short Message Service
- BIT : BInary digiT
- QA : Quality Assessment
- IE : Information Engineering
- TOGAF : The Open Group Architecture Framework
- PDPL: Personal Data Protection Law قانون حماية البيانات الشخصية
- Pb : Petabyte
- 5NF: fifth Normal Form
- CITBOK: Canadian Information Technology Body of Knowledge
- ILM : Information Lifecycle Management
- QA : Quality Assurance
- GADMP : Generally Accepted Data Management Principles
- SVG: Scaled Vector Graphics
- B2G : Business-to-Government
- DML : Data Manipulation Language
- CDM : Conceptual Data Model
- RTOLAP : Real Time OnLine Analytical Processing
- URI : Uniform Resource Identifier
- FAT : File Allocation Table
- SKU : Stock-Keeping Unit
- SCSI : Small Computer Storage Interface
- EII : Enterprise Information Integration
- CORBA : Common Object Request Broker Architecture
- BABOK : Business Analysis Body of Knowledge
- RM: Records Management
- RDP: Reference Data Management Platform (A National Data Platform). منصة البيانات المرجعية (إحدى المنصات الوطنية للبيانات)
- RMI : Remote Method Invocation
- DOM : Document Object Model
- FTP : File Transfer Protocol
- 4NF : fourth Normal Form
- DSN : Data Source Name
- NAS : Network-Attached Storage
- EDI : Electronic Data Interchange
- DM : Data Mart
- JAD : Joint Application Design
- ICT: Information and Communication Technology
- PGP : Pretty Good Privacy
- 3GL : Third Generation Language
- 1:0..M : one-to-zero-or-Many
- IS : Information System
- GPS: Global Positioning System
- SET : Secure Electronic Transactions
- IAO: Information Awareness Office
- ROI : Return On Investment
- NDMO: National Data Management Office. مكتب إدارة البيانات الوطنية
- RACI matrix : Responsible Accountable Consulted Informed matrix
- CMMI : Capability Maturity Model Integration
- API : Application Programming Interface
- IT : Information Technology
- SDMX : Statistical Data and Metadata eXchange
- CDI : Customer Data Integration
- RDM : Reference Data Management
- W3C: World Wide Web Consortium
- 4GL : Fourth Generation Language
- NIAM : Nijssens Information Analysis Method
- JMS : Java Messaging Service
- IDEF0 : IDEF0 function modeling notation
- CRM : Customer Relationship Management
- GQM : Goal-Question-Metric method
- VLDB: Very Large DataBases
- DM: Data Management. إدارة البيانات
- DARPA : Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
- SLA : Service Level Agreement
- PII : Personal Identifying Information
- PMBOK®: Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge
- SCM : Source Code Management
- ERD : Entity Relationship Diagram
- XML : eXtensible Markup Language
- ICCP : Institute for Certification of Computing Professionals
- URL : Uniform Resource Locator
- 6NF : sixth Normal Form
- SQL : Structured Query Language
- BSP : Business Systems Planning
- IM : Information Management
- DW : Data Warehouse
- CDI : Citizen Data Integration
- MRM : Marketing Resource Management
- BPO : Business Process Outsourcing
- HIPAA : Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
- MOM : Message Oriented Middleware