1NF
First Normal Form
2NF
Second Normal Form
2PC
Two-Phase Commit
3NF
Third Normal Form
4NF
Fourth Normal Form
5NF
Fifth Normal Form
AMP
Access Module Processor
ANSI
American National Standards Institute
API
Application Programming Interface
ARC
Teradata Archive/Recovery Utility
ASCII
American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ASE
Account String Expansion
AWT
AMP Worker Task
BCNF
Boyce-Codd Normal Form
BTEQ
Basic Teradata Query
BYNET
Banyan Network (high-speed interconnect)
CAS
Channel-Attached System
CICS
Customer Information Control System
CLIv2
Call-Level Interface, Version 2
CNS
Console Subsystem
DB2
DATABASE 2
DBC
Database Computer
DBQAT
Database Query Analysis Tools
DBQL
Database Query Log
DBS
Database System or Database Software
DDE
Dynamic Data Exchange
DDL
Data Definition Language
DIP
Database Initialization Program
DML
Data Manipulation Language
DNS
Domain Name Source
DSS
Decision Support System
EBCDIC
Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code
FIPS
Federal Information Processing Standards
GDO
Globally Distributed Object
HI
Hash Index
IBM
International Business Machines Corporation
ID
Identification
IMS
Information Management System
I/O
Input/Output
ISV
Independent Software Vender
JBOD
Just a Bunch Of Disks
JDBC
Java Database Connectivity
JI
Join Index
LAN
Local Area Network
LUN
Logical Unit
MDS
Meta Data Services
MIPS
Millions of Instructions Per Second
MLPPI
Multilevel Partitioned Primary Index
MOSI
Micro Operating System Interface
MPP
Massively Parallel Processing
MTDP
Micro Teradata Director Program
NAS
Network-Attached System
NoPI Tables
Tables that are defined with no primary index (PI).
NPPI
Nonpartitioned Primary Index
NUPI
Nonunique Primary Index
NUSI
Nonunique Secondary Index
ODBC
Open Database Connectivity
OS/VS
Operating System/Virtual Storage
PDE
Parallel Database Extensions
PE
Parsing Engine
PI
Primary Index
PL/I
Programming Language 1
PJ/NF
Projection-Join Normal Form
PP2
Preprocessor2
PPI
Partitioned Primary Index
PUT
Parallel Upgrade Tool
QCD
Query Capture Database
QCF
Query Capture Facility
RAID
Redundant Array of Independent Disks
RCT
Resource Check Tools
RI
Referential Integrity
SIA
Shared Information Architecture
SMP
Symmetric Multiprocessing
SNMP
Simple Network Management Protocol
SR
Single Request
SSO
Single Sign On
TCP/IP
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
TDGSS
Teradata Generic Security Services
TDP
Teradata Director Program
TDSP
Teradata Stored Procedures
TASM
Teradata Active System Management
TPA
Trusted Parallel Application
TS/API
Transparency Series/Application Program Interface
UPI
Unique Primary Index
USI
Unique Secondary Index
vproc
Virtual Processor
z/OS
IBM System z Operating System