Archives Glossary Terms

NDA

Non-Disclosure Agreement Also known as a confidentiality agreement (CA), confidential disclosure agreement (CDA), proprietary information agreement (PIA) or secrecy agreement (SA), is a legal contract between at least two parties that outlines confidential material, knowledge, or information that the parties…

LMS

Learning Management System Often a software application for the administration, documentation, tracking, reporting and delivery of educational courses or training programs.

HVAC

Heating, Ventilation and Air-Conditioning While the Energy Centre usually tries to avoid the use of acronyms, HVAC is in common use in the heating and cooling industry. It stands for “heating, ventilation and air conditioning,” three functions often combined into…

HOTs

Heads of Terms These are documents and a schedule of items that are normally agreed before the commencement of a commercial lease agreement to highlight the key elements of the agreement such as rental payment psf, lease length (or term).

EOD

End of Day E.g. for a deadline “send this document by EOD”.

CRM

Client or Customer Relationship Management In its purest and most literal form CRM stands for Customer Relationship Management. A system or strategy for managing client interactions, dealing with future and current customers, optimising and systematising relationships.

COP

Close of Play e.g. for a deadline – “I’ll send that report by COP”.

CODEC

Coder-Decoder This is a device or technique to convert analog signals such as an audio or video file and turn into a digital format (or vice versa).

COB

COB (Close of Business) Used as a deadline, “I want that by COB”.

CMS

CMS (Content Management System) A software suite used to create and manage documents and websites. The term CMS is regularly associated with Web content, although systems are developed to maintain all kinds of information.