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Column Abbreviation and Acronym Standards
Below are database column name standards for abbreviations and acronyms.
| Word(s) | Abbreviation or Acronym | Add/Change Date |
|---|---|---|
| Abbreviation | Abrv | |
| Academic | Acad | |
| Account, Accounting | Acct | |
| Accounts Payable | AP | |
| Accounts Receivable | AR | |
| Accumulate, Accumulation | Accum | 1/26/2005 |
| Addition | Add | 7/11/2003 |
| Address | Addr | |
| Address Information System | AIS | 2/28/2006 |
| Adjust, Adjustment | Adjust | 7/11/2003 |
| Administration | Admin | 7/11/2003 |
| Advertise, Advertisement | Ad | 7/11/2003 |
| Agree, Agreement | Agree | 7/11/2003 |
| Alternative, Alternate | Alt | |
| Alternative Retirement Plan | ARP | 2/28/2006 |
| American Association of University Professors | AAUP | 9/18/2003 |
| American College Test | ACT | |
| Amount | Amt | |
| Apartment | Apt | 7/11/2003 |
| Application | App | |
| Approximate, Approximately | Approx | 7/11/2003 |
| Arrangement | Arrange | 7/11/2003 |
| Articulation | Artic | 7/11/2003 |
| Assess, Assessment | Assess | 7/11/2003 |
| Assign, Assigned, Assignable, Assignment | Assign | 7/11/2003 |
| Associate, Association | Assoc | |
| Attach, Attachment | Attach | 7/11/2003 |
| Attribute, Attribution | Attrib | 7/11/2003 |
| Authorize, Authorization, Authority | Auth | |
| Automated Issuance Management System | AIMS | 2/28/2006 |
| Auxiliary | Aux | |
| Availability, Available | Avail | 7/11/2003 |
| Average | Avg | |
| Baccalaureate | Bac | 7/11/2003 |
| Balance | Bal | |
| Billing and Receivables System | BRS | |
| Biography, Biographical | Bio | 7/11/2003 |
| Blackboard Transactional System | BBTS | 5/26/2011 |
| Board of Trustees (University of Toledo) | BOT | 7/11/2003 |
| Building | Bldg | |
| Business | Bus | 7/11/2003 |
| Calculated, Calculation | Calc | |
| Calendar | Cal | |
| Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance | CFDA | 8/26/2003 |
| Category | Cat | |
| Certificate, Certification, Certified | Cert | |
| Change | Chg | |
| Character | Char | 7/11/2003 |
| Class, Classification, Classified | Class | 7/11/2003 |
| Classification of Instructional Programs | CIP | |
| Collaborate, Collaborating, Collaboration | Collab | 7/11/2003 |
| Compensatory, Compensate, Compensative | Comp | 9/25/2006 |
| Configure, Configuration | Config | 11/16/2007 |
| Consumer Price Index | CPI | 7/11/2003 |
| Corporation | Corp | 7/11/2003 |
| Count | Cnt | |
| Course | Crs | |
| Cross-list, Cross-listed | Xlist | |
| Cross-reference | Xref | |
| Cumulative | Cum | |
| Current Month | CM | |
| Customer | Cust | |
| Data Warehouse | DW | 7/11/2003 |
| Database | DB | 7/11/2003 |
| Database Dictionary | DBD | |
| Department, Departmental | Dept | |
| Dependent | Dep | 9/12/2007 |
| Depreciate, Depreciation | Deprec | 1/21/2005 |
| Deregistration | Dereg | 9/24/2004 |
| Description | Desc | |
| Difference, Differential, Differentiate | Diff | |
| Direct from High School | DHS | 11/15/2006 |
| Distribute, Distribution | Dist | |
| Division | Div | |
| Document, Documentation | Doc | |
| Duplicate, Duplication | Dup | |
| Earn, Earned, Earnings | Earn | |
| Earned Income Credit | EIC | 1/29/2007 |
| Educate, Education | Edu | |
| Effect, Effective | Effect | 5/16/2006 |
| Electronic Data Interchange | EDI | 7/11/2003 |
| Electronic Funds Transfer | EFT | 7/11/2003 |
| Eligible, Eligibility | Elig | |
| Email, Electronic Mail | 7/11/2003 | |
| Emergency | Emer | 7/23/2009 |
| Employee | Emp | |
| Employer Identification Number | EID | 1/29/2007 |
| Enrollment | Enroll | |
| Equal Employment Opportunity (Opportunities) | EEO | |
| Estimate, Estimated, Estimation | Est | |
| Evacuate, Evacuation | Evac | 7/11/2003 |
| Evaluate, Evaluation, Evaluator | Eval | |
| Evening | Eve | |
| Exchange Visitor | EV | 9/03/2004 |
| Executive, Execution | Exec | |
| Extension | Ext | 7/11/2003 |
| Fax, Facsimile | Fax | 7/11/2003 |
| Federal | Fed | 7/11/2003 |
| Feet, Foot, Footage | Ft | |
| Financial Records System | FRS | |
| Fiscal Year | FY | 9/15/2003 |
| Fiscal Year to Date | FYTD | 7/11/2003 |
| Flexible, Flexibly | Flex | |
| Frequency | Freq | |
| Friday | Fri | |
| Full-Time | FT | |
| Full-Time Equivalent | FTE | |
| Fund, Funds, Funded, Funding | Fund | |
| General | Gen | |
| General Education Degree | GED | |
| General Ledger | GL | |
| Government | Govt | 7/11/2003 |
| Grade Point Average | GPA | |
| Graduate or Graduation | Grad | |
| Grants Accounting System | GAS | 11/04/2004 |
| Greater Than | GT | 7/11/2003 |
| Group | Grp | |
| High School | HS | |
| Higher Education Information (system) | HEI | |
| Honor, Honorary | Hon | 7/11/2003 |
| Hospital, Hospitalization | Hosp | |
| Human Resource | HR | |
| Human Resource System | HRS | |
| Identification | ID | |
| Immigration Arrival/Departure Document | I94 | 8/26/2004 |
| Immigration and Naturalization Service | INS | 8/26/2004 |
| Indicator, Indication | Ind | |
| Information | Info | |
| Inquiry | Inq | |
| Institute, Institution | Inst | |
| Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System | IPEDS | |
| Interest | Int | 7/11/2003 |
| Interim Student and Exchange Authentication System | ISEAS | 8/26/2004 |
| Invest, Investment | Invest | |
| International | Intl | |
| Laboratory | Lab | |
| Legacy | Lgcy | 9/30/2005 |
| Less Than | LT | 7/11/2003 |
| Letter | Ltr | 7/11/2003 |
| Level | Lvl | |
| Low, Lower | Low | 7/11/2003 |
| Mail, Mailing | 7/11/2003 | |
| Maintenance | Maint | |
| Management | Mgmt | |
| Manager | Mgr | |
| Manufacture, Manufacturer, Manufacturing | Mfg | |
| Market | Mkt | |
| Mathematics | Math | |
| Matriculation, Matriculated | Matric | |
| Maximum | Max | |
| Mechanical | Mech | 7/11/2003 |
| Medical | Med | 7/11/2003 |
| Medicare Qualified Government Employment | MQGE | 1/29/2007 |
| Middle | Mid | |
| Minimum | Min | |
| Miscellaneous | Misc | |
| Modify, Modification, Modifier | Mod | |
| Monday | Mon | |
| Month to Date | MTD | |
| Multiple | Mult | |
| National | Natl | |
| National Science Foundation | NSF | 8/26/2003 |
| Non-Degree Graduate | NDG | 7/21/2003 |
| Not Applicable | NA | |
| Number | Num | |
| Occurrences | Occurs | |
| Ohio Board of Regents | OBR | |
| Ohio Department of Jobs and Family Services | ODJFS | 2/28/2006 |
| Ohio Public Employees Retirement System | OPERS | 2/28/2006 |
| Optional | Opt | 7/11/2003 |
| Organization | Org | 7/11/2003 |
| Original | Orig | |
| Out, Outcome, Outstanding | Out | 7/11/2003 |
| Overtime | OT | |
| Parameter | Parm | 7/11/2003 |
| Part-Time | PT | |
| Pay, Payable, Payment | Pay | |
| Percent, Percentile | Pct | |
| Permanent | Perm | |
| Personal Identification Number | PIN | |
| Plan, Planned, Planning | Plan | 7/11/2003 |
| Portable Document Format | 11/16/2007 | |
| Position | Pos | |
| Principal Investigator | PI | 7/11/2003 |
| Preference, Prefer, Preferred | Pref | 1/13/2006 |
| Preliminary | Prelim | 7/11/2003 |
| Prepared, Preparatory, Preparation | Prep | 7/11/2003 |
| President | Pres | 7/11/2003 |
| Prevail, Prevailing, Prevalent | Prevail | 7/11/2003 |
| Previous | Prev | |
| Principal Investigator | PI | |
| Product | Prod | |
| Professional Staff Association | PSA | 9/18/2003 |
| Professor, Profession, Professional | Prof | 7/11/2003 |
| Program | Pgm | |
| Promotion | Promo | |
| Public Employee Retirement System (Ohio) | PERS | 7/11/2003 |
| Purchase Order | PO | 7/11/2003 |
| Quantity | Qty | 7/11/2003 |
| Quarter | Qtr | |
| Quarter to Date | QTD | |
| Queue | Que | 7/11/2003 |
| Receive, Receivable, Received, Receiving | Receive | 7/11/2003 |
| Record | Rec | |
| Redistribution | Redist | 4/16/2008 |
| Reference, Referred, Referral | Ref | 7/11/2003 |
| Registrar, Registration | Reg | 9/29/2005 |
| Report, Reported, Reporting | Rpt | |
| Requisition | Req | 7/11/2003 |
| Residence, Resident | Res | 6/4/2008 |
| Responsibility, Responsible, Response, Respond | Resp | 7/11/2003 |
| Retire, Retirement | Retire | 7/11/2003 |
| Retroactive | Retro | 7/11/2003 |
| Revised | Rev | |
| Saturday | Sat | |
| Scholarship | Scholar | 11/18/2004 |
| Scholastic Aptitude Test | SAT | |
| Schedule, Scheduled | Sch | |
| Second, Secondary | Second | 7/11/2003 |
| Segment | Seg | 7/11/2003 |
| Semester | Sem | 7/11/2003 |
| Sequence, Sequential | Seq | 7/11/2003 |
| Ship, Shipping, Shipment | Ship | 7/11/2003 |
| Sign, Signature, Signer, Signing | Sign | 7/11/2003 |
| Social Security Number | SSN | 9/14/2007 |
| State Teachers Retirement System | STRS | 2/28/2006 |
| Specification | Spec | 7/11/2003 |
| Square | Sq | |
| Statistics | Stats | |
| Student Aid Management (system) | SAM | |
| Student Credit Hours | SCH | |
| Student Identification Number | SID | |
| Student Information System | SIS | |
| Student Program Entry | SPE | 9/19/2006 |
| Subsidiary Ledger | SL | |
| Sum, Summary, Summation | Sum | |
| Sunday | Sun | |
| Technical | Tech | 7/11/2003 |
| Temporary | Temp | |
| Thursday | Thu | |
| Taxpayer Identification Number | TIN | 7/11/2003 |
| Total | Tot | |
| Transaction | Trans | |
| Transaction Integration System | TIS | 9/18/2003 |
| Tuesday | Tue | |
| Undergraduate | Ugrd | |
| United States | US | |
| Universal Identification | UID | 6/28/2006 |
| University | Univ | |
| University Office of Research | UOR | 8/26/2003 |
| University of Toledo | UT | |
| University of Toledo Active Directory | UTAD | 8/17/2006 |
| Use, Using, Usage, Used | Use | 7/11/2003 |
| Veteran | Vet | |
| Vice President | VP | 7/11/2003 |
| Wednesday | Wed | |
| Year to Date | YTD | |
| Zip Code | ZIP | 7/11/2003 |
