ITS Technology Vocabulary, Acronyms and Lingo
In the course of our work, we may throw around a number of acronyms and terms related to Pomona College, The Claremont Colleges, technology, regulations, etc. To help decode it all, here is a list. If you don’t see something in the list, please add it.
Suggestion: If you can easily find it by doing a quick search on Google or Wikipedia, there’s no need to put it here, unless there are multiple uses for the acronym/term or you just feel it would be really helpful to have it here.
1887: account type: shared student accounts, legacy (may go away?)
4747: account type: staff
5150: account type: rando (non-Pomona students, grad student helpers, etc)
5Cs: The 5 undergraduate Claremont Colleges
7Cs: All 7 Claremont Colleges
AARC: Asian American Resource Center
ABLP: Advisory Board of Library Planning
AcadTS: Windows remote desktop, aka: terminal server
Acalog: Academic Catalog Management System (DigiArc), course catalog
ACD: Automatic Call Distribution, aka: Fonality, HUD
AD: Active Directory, Microsoft’s directory service for managing user and computer accounts
ADC: Academic Deans Committee
AdminTS: Windows remote desktop, aka: Terminal Server
AISO: Administrative Information Systems Office
ALL: Asian language and literature
APC: brand of UPS, company that services them
APC: Academic Procedures Committee
AppData: Windows. Stores the path to a folder containing user-specific files that applications install.
Archive One: Outlook archiving (?)
BCM: see Bradford
BFAC: Business and Financial Affairs Committee
BFS: Bernard Field Station
BitLocker: Microsoft Windows disk encryption
Blackbaud: fundraising SaaS, same company makes Raisers Edge
Blackboard: emergency notification, payments, card locks, LMS
Blackboard Transact (?): payment system (Claremont Cash, Flex, meal plans, etc)
blogs.pomona: public course discussion websites
BMC: company that makes Footprints
Bomgar: possible remote support tool for CS
Box: cloud file storage
Bradford: the network access control (NAC) server that we use to register devices on our network. Bradford was acquired by Fortinet, who renamed the product “FortiNAC” but we still call it “Bradford”.
CAB: Change Advisory Board
CampusLabs: CollegiateLink, ComplianceAssist, BaseLine
Canvas: alternative consortial LMS
CARS: old name for Jenzabar (CARS Info Systems)
CAS: Central Authentication Service, for Single Sign-On (SSO)
CashNet: payment service (Higher One)
Casper: remote application management
Catertrax: catering software
CDO: Career Development Office
CGU: Claremont Graduate University
Chirps: student email list
CINE: Claremont Intercampus Networking Effort, obsolete SSID
CLAC: Consortium of Liberal Arts Colleges - liberalarts.org
Claremont Cash: Blackboard payment system
CM: Change Managment
CMC: Claremont McKenna College
CMDB: Configuration Management Database, currently used for inventory
CMS: Configuration Management System or Content Management System
Cognos: analytics software (IBM) used for Data Warehouse
collections.pomona: media libraies and searchable indices (WordPress)
CollegiateLink: Maximizing your campus ROI
Compliance Assist: Raising the bar across your institution
Connect 5: emergency notification system, SMS-phone-email (Blackboard)
CPET: Center for Pedagogy and Educational Technology
CPP: Crash Plan Pro, our backup solution for laptops and desktops
CPT: Curricular Practical Training, temp employment authorization for F-1 visa holders
CrashPlan: cloud backup service
CS: Client Services
CTA: Contact Tracing Application https://my.pomona.edu/cta
CUC: Claremont University Consortium, the old name for TCCS
CX: our current student information system, made by Jenzabar
CXID: Jenzabar ID, 8�digit number on Pomona ID card, aka: Pomona College ID, ID Number
Data Warehouse: corporate data, document collections, analytics
DC: domain controller (AD)
DGC: Data Governance Committee
DH: Digital Humanities
DHC: Daily Health Check form https://pomona.formstack.com/forms/covid19_daily_health_check
DOC: Office of the College Dean
Domain: everything in AD
DR: disaster recovery
Drupal: content management system (CMS) for the centralized Pomona site
EAI: a service like Gartner (probably unused)
Eatec: food service inventory
ECAB: Emergency Change Approval Board
ECRP: Emergency Change Request Process
EdTech: generic/overarching term for all technology use in education
Educause: organization, conference
Eduroam: multi-campus wireless login
ELI: Educause Learning Initiative, collaborative community
Embark: museum collections management
EMC: vendor of VMX storage
EMS: Event Management System - room reservations, calendar, aka: emsweb
Endpoint Protection: SCCM antimalware and Firewall policies
ERP: Enterprise Resource Planning, sometimes used as a generic term for systems like Jenzabar
Expert Profile: aka: Faculty Profile
FERPA: Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
fit-gap analysis: compare capabilities to needs. Part of task-technology fit theory (TTF)
FluidReview: online application management system, by SurveyMonkey
Footprints: service management, issue tracking, and so much more
GAL: Global Address List, email aliasing (?)
Gartner: an expensive service accessed through the portal
gChat: Google brand of IM
GDPR: General Data Privacy Regulation, a European law passed in 2016 that came into force May 25, 2018.
Gibson: (some sort of critical network device that rats like to eat)
GPO: Group Policy Object, part of Microsofts IntelliMirror technologies
GroupMe: text messaging app, member of the Skype family (Microsoft), used for NS internal comm, staff-wide alerts
H: drive: Windows network drive
Hahn Grant: teaching with technology projects
Handshake: 7C CDO tool, userd fro alumni and job recruting
HIPAA: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
HMC: Harvey Mudd College
HPC: High Performance Computing
hunter.pomona: internal name server
IACC: Intercollegiate Academic Computing Committee ” consortial technology group, was same as SAT
IAM: Identity and Access Management
ICT: Information and Communication Technology
IdM: Identity Management - passwords and accounts
IM: Instant Messaging, generic (but often in ref to AOLs brand: AIM)
Inferno: core Claremont router at HMC
Interfolio: letters of recommendation service, used by CDO
IRC: Internet Relay Chat
IronPort: spam filter service (Cisco)
IRT: Instructional and Research Technology
IS: Information Systems
IT@TCC: an updated, single, unified technology solution to serve all institutions within The Claremont Colleges http://itattcc.claremont.edu
ITC: Information Technology Committee, one member from each college (defunct?)
ITG: Instructional Technology Group, aka: Instructional and Research Services
ITIL: Information Technology Infrastructure Library
ITOC: Information Technology Operations Committee
ITSC: Information Technology Steering Committee ” IACC reports to them
ITSM: IT Service Management
Jenzabar: the publisher of our current student information system
JICS: Jenzabar Internet Campus Solution - The Portal, aka: CX, CARS, ERP, my.pomona. JICS is the (inseperable) web front end of ERP
KACE: Dell asset management appliance
Kaltura: video service, lecture capture
Kanopy: movie streaming service through CCDL
KB: Knowledge Base
KCS: Knowledge Centered Support
KGI: Keck Graduate Institute
KMS: Key Management Server
Kronos: timecard software
LACOL: Liberal Arts Consortium for Online Learning - lacol.net
LDAP: Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
LeonardoLABS: thesis database, now in collections.pomona
LGN: Low Grade Notifications, a locally developed feature within CX
LiveSafe: emergency notification software (location tracking?)
Los Nettos: consortial ISP - losnettos.net
LTI: learning tools integration
matrics: matriculating students
Maui: software used by Business Office
Messages, Apple: brand of IM, also SMS client
Messenger, Facebook: brand of IM
Messenger, Windows: brand of IM, now: Skype
MISO: Merged Information Services Organization (library/IT survey)
MS: Microsoft
myMail: Office 365, student email
MyRoc: remote application access for Advancement
Nagios: monitoring
NAS: Network Attached Storage
Net Partner: financial aid, front end to PowerFaids
NetIQ: Identity Management product (Micro Focus)
NewVideo: media databases: music, FLRC, other?
NGDLE: Next Generation Digital Learning Environment
Nolij: document management software
NS: Network Services
OnBase: document management software (Hyland)
OneDrive: cloud file storage (Microsoft). Students get 1Tb with Office 365.
OpenDNS - potential new provider:
OU: Organizational Unit. the smallest unit of AD Group Policy
PACRP: Pre-Approved Change Request Process
PaperCut: print management
PAYS: Pomona College Academy for Youth Success - underrepresented high school students
PCI: Payment Card Industry, in ref to data security standards
PERMs Request: a request for permission to enroll in a restricted and/or closed course
PII: personally identifiable information
PIR: Post-implementation Review
pommatric: role assigned to matriculating students (matrics) in CX
PowerFaids: financial aid software
Presto Print: printing lookup service, iOS printer connection?
PTZ: Pitzer College
Qualtrics: survey software
QuickMate: Windows interface for CARS (Jenzabar)
Raisers Edge: Revolutionizing Donor Prospecting
RDC: Windows Remote Desktop Client
RDP: Remote Desktop Protocol (Microsoft)
research.pomona: personal and project websites
RFC: Request for Change
RightAnswers: old knowledgebase software. Data was migrated to Footprints.
RIS: Remote Installation Services (AD)
RLL: Romance Language and Literature
SA: Study Abroad
SaaS: Software as a Service, aka: cloud-based, website
Sakai: consortial learning management system, aka: the LMS
SAN: Storage Area Network
SAT: consortial technology group, focused on Sakai (?), same as IACC
SCCM: System Center Configuration Manager, Microsoft version of Casper
scheduler.pomona: scheduling service (WordPress)
SCR: Scripps College
Service Catalog: all IT services that can be performed (portlet)
Service Portfolio: service catalog inside Footprints (?)
Shib: Shibboleth, single sign-on protocol
SIS: student information system (such as Jenzabar)
Skype: Microsoft messaging services
Slack: communication/info storage service
Slate: admissions/application software
Slate ID: used for application
SMO: Server Management Objects. Microsoft SQL Server
SMO: Software Maintenance Order, Jenzabar
SSID: Service Set Identifier, wifi network name
SSPR: Self Service Password Reset (NetIQ), aka: Identity Management, IdM
SURP: Summer Undergraduate Research Program
Tab Lab: Tableau workshop
Tableau: analytics software
TCC: The Claremont Colleges
terminal server: Windows remote desktop and application access
Terra Dotta: study abroad portal/service
TMA: SaaS workorder system for facilities
TPCRP: Third-Party Change Request Process
TSL: The Student Life, newspaper
TTF: task-technology fit theory: IT is more likely to work if capabilities match the tasks
UltiPro: HR software
UNC: Universal Naming Convention (Windows)
UPS: Uninterrupted Power Source
user space: networked file system, tied to network ID
username: Pomona login and email address, aka: Network ID, login
vBrick: old video streaming service
VDI: Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
Video47: video streaming, via Sakai. Video47 has been replaced by Kaltura.
VM: vitural machine/server
VMCN: ____ (numbered servers related to VMs?)
VMware: a brand of virtualization (EMC/Dell)
VNX: storage array brand name
VPN: Virtual Private Network
VPS: Virtual Private Server
WASC: Western Association of Schools and Colleges
Web Kiosk: Embark website software
WebTMA: facilities service request software
whack-a-mole: script that fixes permissions... or something
WordPress: CMS, indepentent sites
Workday: accounting software
XMPP: Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol - chat protocol, aka: Jabber
XSEDE: Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment. successor to NSFs TeraGrid