Abbreviations and Acronyms

The Sentinel EMS documentation uses the following abbreviations and acronyms:

Abbreviation or Acronym	Expansion
AID	Activation Identifier
EAW	Entitlement as a Whole
EID	Entitlement Identifier
EMS	Entitlement Management System
ESDaaS	Electronic Software Delivery as a Service
LicGen	License Generator
RID	Revocation Identifier
RMS	Rights Management System
SCL	Sentinel Cloud Licensing
Wechoid	Windows Echoid Utility
YPS	Yellow Pages Service

Given below are a few general software and industry specific abbreviations and acronyms used in the Sentinel EMS documentation:

Abbreviation or Acronym	Expansion
AD	Active Directory
AES	Advanced Encryption Standard
API	Application Programming Interface
Base DN	Base Distinguished Name
CRM	Customer Relationship Management
CSV	Comma Separated Values
DBA	Database Administrator
Disk ID	Disk Identifier
DLL	Dynamic Link library
ERP	Enterprise Resource Planning
ESB	Enterprise Service Bus
ESD	Electronic Software Delivery
GMT	Greenwich Mean Time
HTTP	Hypertext Transfer Protocol
HTTPS	Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure
ID	Identifier
IdP	Identity Provider
IP	Internet Protocol
ISV	Independent Software Vendor
JRE	Java Runtime Environment
LDAP	Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
MSI	Microsoft Installer
NAT	Network Address Translation
RAM	Random Access Memory
ROI	Return On Investment
SDK	Software Development Kit
SKU	Stock Keeping Unit
SMTP	Simple Mail Transfer Program
SQL	Structured Query Language
SSL	Secure Sockets Layer
SSO	Single Sign On
TCP	Transmission Control Protocol
URI	Universal Resource Identifier
URL	Universal Resource Locator
UTC	Universal Time Coordinated
UUID	Universally Unique Identifier
VM	Virtual Machine
XML	Extensible Markup Language
XSD	XML Schema Definition