ASP: Application Service Provider.  Companies that provide business customers e-business applications over secured Internet connections.

B2B: Business-to-Business. Commerce between companies rather than private individuals or consumers.

B2C: Business to Consumer. Commerce between companies and individuals or consumers.

BSP: Biller Service Provider.

CRM: Customer Relationship Management.

CSP: Customer Service Provider.

Cxml: Commerce XML. Computer language for secure electronic data transaction over the Internet.

EBPP: Electronic Bill Presentment and Payment. The online delivery of bills to customers, with electronic payment

ED: Electronic Delivery of documents.

EDI: Electronic Data Interchange. A collection of standard message formats.

EDINT: Electronic Data Interchange over the Internet.

ED&P: Electronic Delivery & Payment. It’s EBPP, but easier to pronounce.

EP: Electronic Payment.

FTP: File Transfer Protocol. Allows the transfer of files to and from other computers on the Internet. 

Gbps: Gigabits per second, a measurement of data transmission speed expressed in billions of bits per second.

HTML: HyperText Markup Language. An Internet programming language used to create web pages.

HTTP: HyperText Transfer Protocol is the way data in a HTML document is transferred over the World Wide Web. It controls formatting, actions and responses to various commands.

IFX/OFX: Interactive Financial Exchange & Open Financial Exchange. Standards for exchanging financial data.

I/O modules: Input/Output Modules. Any computer operation where data is transferred. I/O refers to the basic throughput power of a computer.

IT: Information Technology.

Mapping: The process of developing a set of application software data instructions that guide the change of data from one format to another.

Mirroring: The practice of creating and maintaining mirror sites for secure backup of information. A mirror site is a constantly updated, exact replica of the original site.

RAID 5: Redundant Array of Inexpensive Drives. Configuring several hard drives for use as one, ensuring data backup.

Redundancy: A computer or network system components that are installed to back up primary resources in case of failure.

Scalable: The ability of an information system to provide high performance as greater demands are placed upon it.

S/MIME: Secure Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions. The standard for protecting and digitally signing E-mail.

SSL: Secure Sockets Layer. A commonly used security protocol developed by Netscape, for Internet message transmission.

T-1: Two pairs of copper wire that carry data at a rate of 1.544 Mbps.

UPS: Uninterruptible Power Supply. A device that provides temporary power upon failure of the main power source.

VAN: Value-Added Network.

XML: eXtensible Markup Language.

XML/EDI: Combining XML and EDI. A standard framework to exchange different types of data.