Acronyms and Definitions
Webopedia - Online Tech Dictionary for IT Pros
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| 3PM | Planning, Public Policy, and Management, aka PPPM |
| AAU | Association of American Universities |
| AEC | Accessible Education Center |
| AEI | American English Institute |
| ASG | Aronson Security Group, vendor used to UO that has now been purchased by ADT |
| ASM | Apple School Manager |
| ASUO | Associated Students of the University of Oregon, colloquially often called "student government" |
| AVP | Associate (or Assistant) Vice President |
| BA | Business Analyst |
| BAG | Budget Advisory Group |
| Banner | University of Oregon financial system |
| BAO | Budget Affairs Office |
| BAS | Building Automation System |
| BCC | Black Cultural Center |
| BFF | Bona Fide Factor (related to OEPA) |
| BMS | Building Management System, software used by the BAS group to control buildings, for example temperature |
| BRP | Budget and Resource Planning |
| Campus Ops | Campus Operations, former name for CPFM |
| CapCon | Former name for Design and Construction |
| CAD | Computer Aided Design, software used by Design and Construction, ex: AutoCAD |
| CAD | Computer Aided Dispatch, software used up UOPD for dispatching |
| CAS | College of Arts and Sciences |
| CASI | Center for Accelerating Science Impact (the Knight Campus) |
| CASIT | College of Arts and Sciences Information Technology support |
| CasX | Hatfield-Dowlin Complex, football operations, prior to the official name it was called Casanova Expansion |
| CC | Computing Center |
| CCH | Computerized Criminal History |
| CCT | Communications and Collaborative Technologies, formerly known as UC or Unified Communications, phones, chat, and conferencing apps |
| CERC | Communication and Emergency Response Center, the UOPD's dispatch center |
| CHC | Clark Honors College |
| CHRO | Chief Human Resources Officer |
| CHW | Chill Water |
| CJI | Criminal Justice Information |
| CJIS | Criminal Justice Information Services |
| CLLAS | Center for Latino/Latina American Studies |
| CMAE | Center for Multicultural Academic Excellence |
| CMMS | Computerized Maintenance Management System |
| CoD | College of Design |
| CoE | College of Education |
| COFS | Campus Operations Facilities Services, former name for CPFM |
| COS | Chief of Staff |
| CPC | Campus Planning Committee |
| CPFM | Campus Planning and Facilities Management |
| CPS | Central Power Station |
| CSB | Clinical Services Building |
| CSWS | Center for the Study of Women in Society |
| CTJ | Cost Transfer Justification |
| CTL | Central on Teaching and Learning |
| D&C | Design and Construction |
| DAF | Duck Athletic Fund |
| DBC | Door Board Control, for AMAG tells how many doors can be hooked to a panel, panels come in 2DBC, 4DBC, and 8DBC |
| DDS | Designated Driver Shuttle |
| DEI | Division of Equity and Inclusion |
| DNU | DO NOT UNLOCK, description that should never be unlocked...ever...never ever, so don't do it |
| DPS | Department of Public Safety, former name for UOPD |
| DSU | Dell System Update Utility, used to automatically update drivers on a Dell server |
| DV | Dynamic View |
| E&G | Education and General (funds) |
| EAMS | Enterprise Asset Management System, we use AiM |
| EAP | Employee Assistance Program |
| EC Cares | Early Childhood CARES, program affiliated with the College of Education |
| ECS | Educational and Community Supports |
| EDM | Enterprise Desktop Management, an IT group under USS |
| EDW | Enterprise Data Warehouse |
| EHS | Environmental Health and Safety, former name for Safety and Risk Services |
| ELE | Electric |
| ELI5 | ELI5 is short for “Explain Like I’m 5,” a request for a simple explanation to a complicated question or problem. |
| ELR | Employee and Labor Relations |
| EMIS | Energy Management Information System |
| EMS | Event Management Service |
| EMU | Erb Memorial Union |
| EOC | Emergency Operations Center, access controlled by SRS |
| EOD | Expansion of Duties |
| EPAF | Electronic Payroll Action Form |
| ERAS | External Relations Administrative Services |
| ERS | Enterprise Risk Services, former name for Safety and Risk Services |
| F&A | Facilities and Administration rate/return |
| FAC | Ford Alumni Center |
| FASS | Finance and Administration Shared Services |
| FASS IT | IT department supporting several FASS units including FASS, CPFM, Parking, Printing, SRS, UOPD, and Vivian Olum |
| FERPA | Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act |
| FLSA | Fair Labor Standards Act |
| FMLA | Family Medical Leave Act |
| FOAPAL | Fund Organization Account Program Activity Location, from the Banner financial system, funding source/string IDing the intended location for the budget or fund |
| FS | Facilities Services, former name for CPFM |
| FTE | Full Time Equivalency |
| FY | Fiscal Year, July 1st - June 30th |
| GC | General Counsel |
| GE | Graduate Employee, used to be known as Graduate Teaching Fellowship |
| GF | General Fund |
| GHS | Global Scholar's Hall |
| Green Screen | old signage software used by the Ford Alumni Center, it's fs-sign-fac01 and has IE open in full screen mode with the uoregon.edu webpage on it |
| GTF | Graduate Teaching Fellowship, former name for GE |
| GTFF | Graduate Teaching Fellows Foundation (graduate employees' union) |
| HB # | House Bill number |
| HCB | aka UHC (University Health Center), Health Center Building |
| HDC | Hatfield-Dowlin Complex |
| HECC | Higher Education Coordinating Commission |
| HEDCO | A clinic in the College of Education |
| HHU | Handheld Units, for parking, talk to the parking system for tickets |
| HRIS | Human Resources Information System |
| ICC | Indirect Cost credits, revenue generated by the F&A rate charged to sponsored grants |
| IDEAL | IDEAL Framework: Inclusion, Diversity, Evaluation, Achievement, Leadership |
| IdM | Identity Manager |
| IDR | Integrated Data and Reporting, uses Cognos for analytics |
| IG | InfoGraphics |
| IHP | Institutional Hiring Plan |
| IMT | Incident Management Team |
| IR | Institutional Research |
| IROCE | Institute for Resilient Organizations, Communities, and Environments |
| IS | Information Sciences or Information Services |
| ISIC | Information Services Incident Command |
| J School | Journalism School, aka School of Journalism and Communication |
| JCPD | Junction City Police Department |
| JoRo | Romania Warehouse, called JoRo because it used to be the Joe Romania car dealership, the central CPFM folks would out of here |
| JSMA | Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art |
| JSS | Jane Sanders Stadium |
| JV | Journal Voucher |
| JWJ | Johnson Hall |
| KC | Knight Campus |
| KD | Knowledge Desk |
| KWAX | University of Oregon classical radio station |
| LAPS | Local Administrator Password Solution |
| LCB | Lundquist College of Business |
| LCMS | Liability Claims Management System, related to workers' comp claims |
| LD changes | Labor Distribution changes |
| LEDS | Law Enforcement Data System |
| Lewis Lounge | The 4th floor of the Knight Law School |
| LIL | Location Innovation Lab, the new name for the GIS folks in Safety and Risk Services on campus. |
| LISB | Lewis Integrated Science Building |
| Little Duo Push Thingy | 2FA Duo fobs available from the Technology Service Desk. |
| LLC | Living-Learning Center |
| LWOP | Leave Without Pay |
| MCC | Multicultural Center, inclusion.uoregon.edu |
| McMorran House | aka Pres Res, the university president's residence |
| MKA | Matthew Knight Area |
| MNCH | Museum of Natural and Cultural History |
| NCIC | National Crime Information Center |
| NRH | New Residence Hall, the former name for Kalapuya |
| NTS | Network and Telecom Services, part of Central IS |
| NTTF | Non-Tenure Track Faculty |
| NVR | Network Video Recorder |
| OAS | Operations Administrative Services |
| OCIAS | Oregon Consortium of International Area Studies (Russian, African, Latin American, Intl. Asian, European, and Canadian Studies |
| ODOT | Oregon Department of Transportation, parking is houses in an old ODOT building |
| OEPA | Oregon Equal Pay Act |
| OIA | Office of International Affects, now called the Division of Global Engagement since 2018) |
| OICRC | Office of Investigations and Civil Rights Compliance |
| OIMB | Oregon Institute of Marine Biology, on the coast in Charleston, Oregon |
| OIP | Office of Internal Programs |
| OIX | aka Oregon-IX, Oregon Internet Exchange |
| OOO | Out of Office |
| OPE | Other Payroll Expenses, Includes the university’s share of an employee’s medical & dental insurance, retirement, Social Security, Medicare, Worker’s Compensation, Unemployment, the Lane County Transit tax and the State Accident Insurance Fund (SAIF). For classified employees, it also includes a portion toward the Employee Relations Board (ERB). OPE consists of two basic components, fixed (insurance and Employee Relations Board) and variable. |
| OPSRP | Oregon Public Service Retirement Plan |
| ORGN code | Department code from Banner |
| ORP | Oregon Retirement Plan |
| ORS | Oregon Revised Statutes |
| OSNA | Operating Systems Network Analyst |
| OSP | Oregon State Police |
| OtP | Office of the Provost |
| OUS | Oregon University System |
| OWA | Outlook Web Access |
| PAC | Personal Access Code |
| PAST | Provost Administrative Services Team |
| PCS | Purchasing and Contracting Services |
| PD | Position Description |
| PE & Rec | Physical Education & Recreation, PER in Debbie's head |
| PEBB | Public Employees' Benefit Board |
| PEI | Portland Engineering, contractor for WonderWare |
| PERS | Public Employees' Retirement System |
| PHNB | Peace Health North Building |
| PLC | Prince Lucien Campbell Hall, where the Central IS helpdesk is located, room 068 |
| PME | Power Monitoring Export, Schneider software |
| PO | Purchase Order |
| PP | Physical Plant, former name for CPS |
| PPPM | Planning, Public Policy, and Management, aka 3PM |
| Pres Res | aka McMorran House, the university president's residence |
| PRF | Payroll Request Form |
| PRQ | Purchase Request |
| PSC | Price Science Commons |
| PSJ | Public Safety and Justice |
| PUP | PageUp People, aka My Track |
| PUSF | Public University Support Fund (funds allocated from HECC) |
| PWIVERI | Employee history screen in Banner |
| RST | Restricted |
| REX | Request to Exit, an accessory to the AMAG system that allows you to leave a room without badging out, usually a white bar mounted to the ceiling just above the door |
| RMS | Records Management System |
| RO | Reverse Osmosis |
| ro | Read Only |
| RPS | Remote Programming Software, Bosch software for programming alarm panels |
| RT | Request Tracker, ticketing software |
| rwm | Read Write Modify |
| SA | Student Affairs |
| SAG | Space Advisory Group |
| SAIT | Student Life IT |
| SB # | Senate Bill # |
| SCADA | Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition, software used to monitor and control utility equipment |
| SCUA | Special Collections and University Archives with UO Libraries |
| SEIU | SERVICE Employees International Union (classified employees union) |
| SEMP | Strategic Energy Management Plan, from U&E |
| SHB | aka UHC (University Health Center), Student Health Building |
| SHC | aka UHC (University Health Center), Student Health Center |
| SLA | Service Level Agreement |
| Smart wall | a wall of multiple displays in Milestone |
| SOC | Security Operations Center |
| SOJC | School of Journalism and Communication, aka J School |
| SOMD | School of Music and Dance |
| SOS | Skybox at Autzen stadium in S886 on the 5th floor |
| SPA | Service Partnership Agreement, what FASS calls Service Level Agreements |
| SPC | Sports Performance Center |
| SRC | Student Recreation Center |
| SRS | Safety and Risk Services |
| SSEM | Student Success and Enrollment Management |
| SSIL | Social Science Instructional Labs - https://ssil.uoregon.edu/ |
| STM | Steam |
| TAG | The Automation Group |
| TDx | Team Dynamix, ticketing software used by Central IS, https://service.uoregon.edu |
| TFAB | Tuition and Fee Advisory Board, check out https://tuition.uoregon.edu/ |
| TSD | Technology Service Desk |
| TTF | Tenure Track Faculty |
| TUC | Thompson University Center |
| U&E | Utilities and Energy |
| UA | United Academics (faculty union) |
| UC | Unified Communications, now called Communications and Collaborative Technologies (CCT), phones, chat, conferencing apps for university |
| UHC | aka SHC (Student Health Center), University Health Center |
| UOCloud | University of Oregon's VMware infrastructure for virtual servers, also known as ESXi. |
| UOFM | University of Oregon Fire Marshal's Office, part of Safety and Risk Services |
| UOPA | University of Oregon Police Association (UOPD union) |
| UOPD | University of Oregon Police Department |
| USS | User Support Services, a division of the university central IT department |
| VMS | Video Management Software, like Milestone |
| VOCDC | Vivian Olum Child Development Center |
| VPEI | Vice President for Equity and Inclusion |
| VPFA | Vice President for Finance and Administration |
| VPRI | Vice President of Research and Innovation |
| VPSL | Vice President for Student Life |
| VRF | Variable Refrigerant Flow, system used by BAS |
| WCC | Work Control Center (CPFM) |
| WCCMS | Workers' Compensation Claims Management System, aka MicroNiche |
| Woolley | Knight Campus Annex building, was originally named "Woolley" after the previous owner of the building |
| WW | WonderWare, a SCADA system |