Summary:
The following acronyms and abbreviations are used in Spitfire‘s documentation and system.
(Scroll to the end for new additions also.)
| AC | Account Category |
| ADF | Automatic Document Feeder (such as on a scanner) |
| AP | Accounts Payable |
| ATC: | Automated Task Control (used in Spitfire automatic workflows) |
| BFA | Budget, Forecast and Analysis |
| BLOB | Binary Large OBject (a method of storing files in a SQL database) |
| CAD | Computer-aided Design (a file type) |
| C | Closed (as used in the Document menu) |
| CC | Cost Code |
| CC‘d | Courtesy Copied (used in routing) |
| CCO | Commitment Change Order (a Doc type, also known as subcontract change order) |
| CI | Change Item (an item found on an Change Order) |
| CO | Change Order (a Doc type) |
| CoBRA | Competitive Bid Response Analysis |
| CP | Cost Plus (a costing method used in Forecasting) |
| CSI | Construction Specification Institute (a type of code) |
| Doc | Document |
| EAC | Estimate At Completion |
| ETC | Estimate To Complete |
| FAC | Forecast At Completion |
| FP | Fixed Price (a costing method used in Forecasting) |
| FTC | Forecast To Complete |
| GL | General Ledger (used in Accounting) |
| GUID | Global Unique Identifier (a way to identify data internally in the system) |
| HTML | HyperText Markup Language |
| ICTool | Installation and Configuration Tool (application used to install and configure the Spitfire system) |
| Ins | Instruction (found on Route rows) |
| KB, KBA | Knowledgebase, Knowledgebase Article |
| KPI | Key Performance Indicators (found on the Project Dashboard) |
| LRIUDS | List, Read, Insert, Update, Delete, Special (used for access levels of folders) |
| O | Open (used in the Document menu) |
| ODI | Office Document Imaging (a Microsoft application) |
| PAPT | Pay Application Print Template |
| PCO | Project Change Order (the same as CO, Change Order) |
| Portable Document Format (a file type) | |
| PM | Project Manager |
| PO | Purchase Order |
| Proposed CO | Proposed Change Order (a Doc type) |
| RFI | Request for Information (a Doc type) |
| RFQ | Request for Quote (a Doc type) |
| RUIDS | Read, Insert, Update, Delete, Special (used in Role capabilities) |
| Rsp | Response (found on Route rows) |
| Seq | Sequence (used in the Route Detail) |
| sfPMS | Spitfire Project Management System |
| SOV | Schedule of Values |
| SQL | Structured Query Language (a programming language) |
| SW | Supplemental Workbook |
| SYS | System |
| System Admin | System Administrator |
| TWP | Technical White Paper (also known as white paper) |
| UNI | Uniformat |
| UOM | Unit of Measure |
| UP | Unit Price (a costing method used in Forecasting) |
| URL | Uniform Resource Locator (used to find Web sites) |
| WBS | Work Breakdown Structure |
| XML | eXtensible Markup Language (used by Microsoft Excel) |
| sfChest | Spitfire’s change history and search tool (for audit trails) |
Additional Comments:
KBA-01380; Last updated: November 16, 2016 at 8:31 am;
Keywords: initials, what does mean