Internet acronyms and lingo

Terms related to Internet acronyms and lingo, including slang definitions and jargon about texting, Twitter and other social networking sites.

XACML (Extensible Access Control Markup Language) - XACML (Extensible Access Control Markup Language) is an attribute-based access control policy language (ABAC) or XML-based language, designed to express security policies and access requests to information.
yak shaving - Yak shaving is programming lingo for the seemingly endless series of small tasks that have to be completed before the next step in a project can move forward.

Networking

network interface card (NIC)
A network interface card (NIC) is a hardware component, typically a circuit board or chip, installed on a computer so it can ...
User Datagram Protocol (UDP)
User Datagram Protocol (UDP) is a communications protocol primarily used to establish low-latency and loss-tolerating connections...
Telnet
Telnet is a network protocol used to virtually access a computer and provide a two-way, collaborative and text-based ...

Security

advanced persistent threat (APT)
An advanced persistent threat (APT) is a prolonged and targeted cyber attack in which an intruder gains access to a network and ...
Mitre ATT&CK framework
The Mitre ATT&CK (pronounced miter attack) framework is a free, globally accessible knowledge base that describes the latest ...
timing attack
A timing attack is a type of side-channel attack that exploits the amount of time a computer process runs to gain knowledge about...

CIO

IT cost structure
IT cost structure refers to the relationship between different types of expenditures within a larger IT budget.
Business Process Management Initiative (BPMI)
Established in August 2000, the Business Process Management Initiative (BPMI) is a nonprofit organization that promotes the ...
business innovation
Business innovation is an organization's process for introducing new ideas, workflows, methodologies, services or products.

HRSoftware

employee resource group (ERG)
An employee resource group is a workplace club or more formally realized affinity group organized around a shared interest or ...
employee training and development
Employee training and development is a set of activities and programs designed to enhance the knowledge, skills and abilities of ...
employee sentiment analysis
Employee sentiment analysis is the use of natural language processing and other AI techniques to automatically analyze employee ...

customer profiling
Customer profiling is the detailed and systematic process of constructing a clear portrait of a company's ideal customer by ...
customer insight (consumer insight)
Customer insight, also known as consumer insight, is the understanding and interpretation of customer data, behaviors and ...
buyer persona
A buyer persona is a composite representation of a specific type of customer in a market segment.

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