This is a list of acronyms that you may encounter when working with the eRP suite of products. I hope it is
complete, yet I suspect you may have seen others that I have missed. You are welcome to point out my ignorance by emailing
me at technote@exegesys.com (as described below). After the acronyms is a list of other names with their short description.

         AC             Advanced Customization
         AL             Allocator (in FA,FM)
         AP             Accounts Payables (in FA,FM)
         APPDIC         Application Dictionary
         AR             Accounts Receivables (in FA,FM)
         BRW            Business Report Writer
         CM             Compatibility Mode
         COM            Microsoft Component Object Model
         CRP            Capacity Requirements Planning
         CUI            Character User Interface
         DBE            DataBase Environment
         DCOM           Microsoft Distributed Component Object Model
         DFILE          Designer File
         DL             Dual Ledger (in FA)
         DSN            Data Source Name (in ODBC)
         EDS            Extra Data Segment
         ERP            Enterprise Requirement Planning
         eRP            eXegetic Resource Planning
         eXES           eXegete epoXi Server
         eXAD           eXegete Advanced Designer
         eXCS           eXegete Client Server
         EZ             Easy Search
         EZMFG          Easy Search for Manufacturing
         EZMM           Easy Search for Manufacturing
         EZMNT          Easy Search for Maintenance
         EZS            Easy Search
         FA             Financial Accounting
         FB             Financial Budgeting
         FM             Financial Management
         FOE            Factory Order Entry (in MM)
         GA             General Accounting (in FA,FM)
         GL             General Ledger (in FA,FM)
         GUI            Graphical User Interface
         HP             Hewlett Packard
         HP3K           HP-3000
         IF             Interface Facility (in FA,PCM)
         JCL            Job Control Language
         JCW            Job Control Word
         LCT            Lot Control & Traceability
         LJ             LaserJet printer
         MM             Materials Management
         MM10           Materials Management Model 10
         MM20           Materials Management Model 20
         MM30           Materials Management Model 30
         MMAV           Materials Management Advance Version
         MMII           Manufacturing Management Suite
         MMRP           Materials Management Repetitive Process
         MNT            Maintenance Management
         MNTUL          Maintenance Management Unlimited Sessions
         MNT10          Maintenance Management 10 Sessions
         MOM            Marketing Order Management
         MPD            Manufacturing Productivity Division (HP software division for the MMII suite)
         MPE            MultiProgramming Executive
         MPE/iX         Multiprogramming Executive with Integrated POSIX
         MPS            Master Production Scheduling (in PM)
         MRP            Material Requirement Planning (in MM)
         MRPII          Manufacturing Resource Planning
         MTRDIC         Monitor Dictionary
         NF             NewFace
         NM             Native Mode
         ODBC           Open DataBase Connectivity
         PCM            Production Cost Management
         PFILE          Processing File
         PM             Production Management
         PO             Purchasing
         PUR            Purchasing
         PPPC           Production Planning PC
         RF             Report Facility (in FA,PCM)
         SCM            Standard Cost Management
         SQL            Standard Query Language
         TIP            Terminal Interface Processor (in MM,PM,PO,PCM,FA)
         TPI            Third-Party Indexing
         UDC            User Defined Command
         UE             User Exit (in AC)
         UI             User Interface
         XDS            Extra Data Segment
         XSI            eXegeSys, Inc.
         Y2K            Year 2000

Other names of interest
         CTTRACE        Common Tools Tracing
         EPOXI          Client/Server server (Version 2.0)
         EPOXSI         Client/Server server (Version 1.0)
         eScript        eXegete script language
         eXegeSys       Advice, guidance and leadership regarding systems technologies
         eXplan         PC based Master Production Schedule
         eXport         eXegete client project generator
         eXRay          eXegete file viewer