Records Glossary
Adapted from A Federal Records Management Glossary. National Archives and Records Administration, 1993.
Abbreviations & Acronyms
- AASHL
- American Association for State and Local History
- ACA
- Academy of Certified Archivists
- ADP
- automatic data processing or automated data processing
- AFC
- Agency file code
- AFFIRM
- Association for Federal Information Resources Management
- AIIM
- Association for Information and Image Management (now known as AIIM - The Enterprise Content Management Association)
- AIS
- automated information system
- ANSI
- American National Standards Institute
- API
- application program interface
- AR
- administrative record
- ARMA
- Association of Records Managers and Administrators (now known as ARMA International)
- ARO
- Agency records officer
- ASCII
- American standard code for information interchange
- AV or A/V
- audiovisual
- BRIDG
- Bi-monthly Records Discussion Group
- CA
- certified archivist
- CAD
- computer-aided design
- CAE
- computer-aided engineering
- CAI
- confidential Agency information
- CAL
- computer-assisted locater
- CAM
- computer-aided manufacturing
- CAR
- computer-assisted retrieval
- CBI
- confidential business information
- CD
- compact disk
- CD-I
- compact disk-interactive
- CD-ROM
- compact disc read-only memory
- CDR
- compact disc recordable
- CD-RW
- compact disc re-writable
- CFR
- Code of Federal Regulations
- CHRON
- chronological file
- CIM
- computer input microfilm
- CIO
- chief information officer
- CIPS
- centers information processing system
- COLD
- computer-output laser disk
- COM
- computer-output microfilm
- COOP
- continuity of operations plan
- CPIC
- capital planning and investment control
- CPU
- central processing unit
- CRM
- certified records manager
- CRM/NS
- certified records manager/nuclear information and records specialist
- CSS
- cascading stylesheet
- DA
- Documentum administrator
- DAT
- digital audiotape
- DBMS
- database management system
- DM
- document management
- DMS
- document management system
- DP
- data processing
- DPI
- dots per inch
- DRMWG
- Document and Records Management Work Group
- DTD
- document type definition
- DVD
- digital versatile disc or digital video disc
- DVR
- digital video recorder
- EA
- enterprise architecture
- EBCDIC
- extended binary code decimal interchange code
- ECM
- enterprise content management
- ECMS
- enterprise content management system
- ECMSRMR
- enterprise content management system records management repository
- EDI
- electronic data interchange
- EDMS
- electronic document management system
- EDP
- electronic data processing
- EIS
- electronic information system
- ERA
- Electronic Records Archive
- ERM
- electronic records management
- ERMS
- electronic records management system
- ESIGN
- Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act
- FAQ
- frequently asked questions
- FIPS
- federal information processing standards (Issued by NIST.)
- FIRMR
- Federal Information Resources Management Regulation(s) (Issued by GSA.)
- FOIA
- Freedom of Information Act
- FPMR
- Federal Property Management Regulation(s) (GSA regulations - The part formerly applying to records management has been superseded by the Federal Information Resources Management Regulations and NARA records management regulations.)
- FRC
- federal records center
- FTP
- file transfer protocol
- GAO
- Government Accountability Office
- GIF
- graphic interchange format
- GILS
- global information locator service
- GIS
- geographic information system
- GPEA
- Government Paperwork Elimination Act
- GPRA
- Government Performance Results Act
- GPS
- global positioning system
- GRS
- general records schedule
- GSA
- General Services Agency
- GUI
- graphical user interface
- HIPPA
- Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
- HTML
- hypertext markup language
- HTTP
- hypertext transfer protocol
- HTTP/S
- hypertext transfer protocol/secure
- I/O
- input/output
- IAA/IAG
- interAgency/intergovernmental agreement/international agreement
- ICR
- intelligent character recognition, or information collection rule, or information collection request
- ICRM
- Institute of Certified Records Managers
- IM
- instant message or information management
- IMO
- information management official
- IP
- Internet protocol
- IRM
- information resources management
- ISO
- International Organization for Standardization
- IS
- information systems
- ISP
- Internet service provider
- IT
- information technology
- JPEG
- compression; Joint Photographic Experts Group
- KWAC
- keyword and context index
- KWIC
- keyword in context index
- KWOC
- keyword out of context index
- LAN
- local area network
- MCUF
- my commonly used folders
- MIME
- multipurpose Internet messaging extensions
- MIS
- management information system
- NA
- National Archives
- NAC
- National Audiovisual Center
- NAGARA
- National Association of Government Archives and Records Administrators
- NARA
- National Archives and Records Administration
- NARS
- National Archives and Records Service (Reorganized as NARA.)
- NHPRC
- National Historical Publications and Records Commission (Formerly known as National Historical Publications Commission (NHPC).)
- NIRMA
- Nuclear Information and Records Management Association
- NIST
- National Institute of Standards and Technology
- NRMP
- National Records Management Program
- NSI
- national security information
- OA
- office automation
- OCR
- optical character recognition
- OD
- optical disk
- ODBC
- open database connectivity
- OF
- optional form
- OMB
- Office of Management and Budget
- OPM
- Office of Personnel Management
- PA
- Privacy Act
- PARS
- performance appraisal & recognition system
- PC
- personal computer
- PDA
- personal digital assistant
- portable document format
- PDF/A-1
- portable document format/archive
- PEL
- picture element
- PKI
- public key infrastructure
- PPI
- pixels per inch
- RACO
- records agency conference
- RFID
- radio frequency identification
- RAIC
- Records Agency Information Center
- RAM
- random access memory
- RIM
- records and information management
- RKS
- recordkeeping system
- RLO
- records liaison officer
- RM
- records management
- RMA
- records management application
- RMO
- records management officer
- ROM
- read-only memory
- RPSA
- retention policy services administrator
- RTF
- rich text format
- SAA
- Society of American Archivists
- SDLC
- systems development life cycle
- SDMS
- Superfund document management system
- SF
- standard form
- SGML
- standard generalized markup language
- SHFG
- Society for History in the Federal Government
- SIO
- senior information official
- SLCM
- system life cycle management
- SSL
- secure sockets layer
- TCP/IP
- transmission control protocol/Internet protocol
- TIFF
- tagged image file format
- URL
- uniform resource locator
- U.S.C.
- United States Code
- VCR
- videocassette recorder
- VHS
- video home system
- WAN
- wide area network
- WiFi
- wireless fidelity
- WORM
- write once read many (times)
- WP
- word processing
- WWW
- world wide web
- XHTML
- extensible hypertext markup language
- XML
- extensible markup language
- XSLT
- extensible stylesheet language transforms
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