System Architecture and Complexity

List of Acronyms

AC/TC:

Algorithmic Complexity/Textual Complexity

AF:

Architecture Framework, found in many acronyms such as TOGAF (The Open Group Architecture Framework)

AU:

Active Unit; the indivisible core of a project team composed of 5–10 people

BPML/BPMN:

Business Process Modeling Language/Notation

C/CCAM:

Cybernetics or Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine (founding work by N. Wiener)

C2/C3/C4ISR/C4ISTAR:

Acronyms used to represent the group of military functions designated by C4 (Command, Control, Communications, Computers), I (Military Intelligence) and STAR (Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance) and intended to allow coordination of operations

CCITT:

Consultative Committee for International Telephony and Telegraphy, until 1993. It deals with technical subjects and standardization, and has been replaced by the ITU-T

CERN:

European Organization for Nuclear Research

CMMI:

Capability Maturity Model Integration, reference model. A structured set of good engineering practices, from the work of W. Humphrey at the Software Engineering Institute created by the US/DoD

CMS:

Centralized Management System

COP:

Common Operational Picture, NATO terminology; virtual maps shared by C4ISTAR operators

COQ/CONQ:

Cost of Quality/Cost of Non-Quality

CQFD:

Cost, quality, reliability, lead time

CRUD/CRUDE:

Create, Retrieve, Update, Delete; the basic operations carried out by all data models (Data Retrieval), with E for Execute

DNA/ATCG:

Deoxyribonucleic ...