| AACRAO | American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers |
| ABAP | Advanced Business Application Programming, a computer programming language that SAP supports. ABAP can be used to create, display, and print custom reports. |
| ADUG | Administrative Data Users Group |
| AIS | Administrative Information Services |
| ASMSU | Associated Students of MSU |
| ASAP | Accelerated SAP |
| BAPI | Business Application Programming Interface |
| BET | Benefit Expense Transfer - Kuali |
| BI | Business Intelligence |
| BIAG | Business Issues Advisory Group |
| BOT | Board of Trustees |
| CAO | Client Advocacy Office |
| Carnegie-class | Indicates inclusion in a report classifying all accredited,
degree-granting colleges and universities in the United States
by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher
Education. |
| CGA | Contract & Grant Administration |
| CIC | Committee on Institutional Cooperation |
| CLIFMS | Course, Load, Instruction, Funding, and Modeling System |
| COA | Chart of Accounts |
| COBRA | Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act |
| COEUS | Award management tool created by MIT |
| COGS | Council of Graduate Students |
| COS | Change of Status |
| CRUD | Create Retrieve Update Delete |
| CTU | Clerical-Technical Union |
| CUC | Common Unit Code |
| DecisionDirector | Online survey tool |
| DFD | Data Flow Diagram |
| EBSF | Enterprise Business Systems Framework |
| EBSP | Enterprise Business Systems Projects |
| eDoc | Electronic Document |
| EIS | Enterprise Information Stewardship |
| ERP | Enterprise Resource Planning |
| ESS | Employee Self Service |
| F&OD | Office of Faculty & Organizational Development |
| FASB | Federal Accounting Standards Board |
| FEA | Faculty Emeriti Association |
| FIS | Indiana University Fiscal Information System |
| FIS | Financial Information System |
| FIS/HRIS | Financial Information System / Human Resources Information System |
| FMLA | Family Medical Leave Act |
| FSRA | Faculty/Staff Address Update |
| Gap | The area in between the current state and the desired state |
| GASB | Governmental Accounting Standards Board |
| GL | General Ledger |
| GLCP | General Ledger Correction Process |
| GUI | Graphical User Interface, display of software on a screen using graphics, symbols, and icons, rather than text alone. |
| HCM | Human Capital Management |
| HRIS | Human Resources Information System |
| IATSA | International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees |
| JIRA | Kuali Foundation Issue Tracking Log |
| KEM | Kuali Endowment Module |
| KEW | Kuali Enterprise Workflow |
| KFS | Kuali Financial Systems |
| KNS | Kuali Nervous Systems |
| KRA | Kuali Research Administration |
| Kuali | A partnership organization that produces a suite of community source,
modular administrative software for Carnegie-class
institutions. The name Kuali comes from its meaning in Indonesia and the Philippines as “kitchen wok,” a humble utensil that plays an important role in a kitchen. |
| LCTTP | Libraries, Computing & Technology Training Program |
| LLCP | Labor Ledger Correction Process |
| MAU | Major Administrative Unit |
| Metadata | Data about Data |
| Middleware | Technology that enables enterprise application integration.
May include computer software that acts as a layer between
operating systems that reside on servers and application
modules distributed via networks. Collectively, these tools
support development and delivery of web software and
services, facilitating connections and data exchange between
systems and applications. |
| MIT | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| MSS | Management Self Service |
| NACUBO | National Association of College and University Business Officers |
| NSF | National Science Foundation |
| OISS | Office of International Students and Scholars |
| Oncourse CL | Indiana University Collaboration and Learning Environment |
| OOI | Organization of Interest |
| OPB | Office of Planning and Budgets |
| OVPRGS | Office of the Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies |
| PAN | Personnel Action Notification |
| PDQ's | Pre-Defined Queries |
| RFP | Request for Proposal |
| RICE | Rice is the name for the Kuali based enterprise class middleware that is intended to enable the Rapid Application Development. |
| RNE | Refactoring & Enhancements Team |
| SAP | Systems Applications and Products in Data Processing |
| SAUTH | Student Employment Interface |
| SEO | Student Employment Office |
| SET | Salary Expense Transfer - Kuali |
| SI | Specific Identification |
| SIS | Student Information System |
| SME | Subject Matter Expert |
| SRD | System Requirement Definition |
| Workflow | Electronic document routing, approval, and tracking |
| World-grant | Refers to the transition MSU is making from being a
pioneering land-grant university to one with an increasing
global reach. |