Glossary
Glossary of terms used on this site
There are 50 entries in this glossary.All
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Acrobat |
A series of applications by Adobe, for creating, viewing and distributing files in PDF format |
| Application Program Interface (API) |
A term used to describe a set of functions provided for application programs to access operating system services. |
| CBI |
The CBI (Confederation of British Industry's) is a top business lobby organisation based in the UK |
| DIP |
Document Image Processing. |
| DMA |
Document Management Architecture |
| DMS |
Document Management System |
| Document Imaging |
Document Imaging is used to describe software-based computer systems that capture, store and reprint images. |
| Document Management |
A document management system (DMS) is a computer system (or set of computer programs) used to track and store electronic documents and/or images of paper documents. |
| EDM |
An acronym for Electronic Document Management |
| Electronic Document Interchange |
The process whereby standardized forms of documents are transferred between systems. The form and format of such documents may be defined by vendor specifications, CCITT standards, the ANSI X.12 standard, or the United Nations EDIFACT standard. EDI is also used in general to refer to electronic data interchange. |
| EPS |
Encapsulated Postscript. |
| Forms Description Language (FDL) |
A keyword oriented language used to define the appearance of forms including lines, boxes, text, etc. |
| Free Text Database |
A Database specifically designed and optimised for holding and seraching textual data (documents). |
| Free Text Searching |
The ability to search for a document based on an arbitrary set of keywords, against the document's content text.. Proxomity rules may also be added to the search criteria. Some vendors provide fuzzy logic and weighting algorithms for approximate searching. |
| Graphic Interchange Format (GIF) |
A popular device independent image format origination from the CompuServe network. |
