| ABAP | Advanced Business Application Programming - SAP's main programming language |
| AM | Asset Management |
| AMML | Agency Material Master Liaison |
| AP | Accounts Payable |
| AR | Accounts Receivable |
| AST | Agency Support Team |
| BI | Business Intelligence |
| BPP | Business Process Procedure |
| BW | Business Warehouse |
| CO | Controlling. A finance component of SAP |
| CRM | Customer Relationship Management |
| DEV | Development - The technology "landscape" where business processes are originated |
| ECC | Enterprise Core Component - The "brains" of SAP |
| ERP | Enterprise Resource Planning - The term for any enterprise-wide, integrated system for managing business processes across multiple disciplines and locations (SAP is one of the leading suppliers of ERP systems) |
| ESS | Employee Self Service - Allows each employee to maintain his or her personal data directly |
| FERICE | Forms, Enterprise Reporting, Interfaces, Conversions and Enhancements - The custom-designed computer programming required to accommodate certain South-Carolina-specific functions in SAP for the SCEIS system |
| FI | Financial Accounting |
| FM | Funds Management |
| FRICE | See FERICE |
| FTE | Full Time Equivalent |
| GL or G/L | General Ledger |
| GM | Grants Management |
| HR | Human Resources |
| HR/PY | Human Resources and Payroll |
| ICA | Independent Computing Architecture - Citrix protocol for passing data between server and clients |
| ISIS | Image Scanner Interface Specification - An industry-standard interface for image-scanning technologies |
| ITMO | Information Technology Management Office - SC's central purchasing office for Information Technology items |
| LSMW | Legacy Systems Migration Workbench - Facilitates transfer of data from legacy system to SAP |
| MM | Materials Management - Includes purchasing, inventory control, etc. |
| MMO | Materials Management Office - SC's central purchasing office for items other than Information Technology items |
| MSS | Manager Self Service - Allows each manager to maintain employee information directly |
| OM | Organizational Management |
| PA | Personnel Administration |
| PM | Procurement Management |
| PRD | Production - The technology "landscape" where the live system resides |
| PY | Payroll |
| QAS | Quality Assurance - The technology "landscape" where refined processes are tested |
| SAP | "Systeme, Anwendungen, Produkte" (Systems, Applications and Products) - The German-originated software which is the foundation of SCEIS |
| SBX | Sandbox - The technology "landscape" where developing processes are tested |
| SCEIS | SC Enterprise Information System - The statewide integrated system to carry out financial, materials management, human resources and payroll processes in South Carolina government |
| SME | Subject Matter Expert - Individuals from many State agencies whose expertise in State government business processes and input to the project are essential to building SCEIS to meet the state's needs |
| SRM | Supplier Relationship Management - The "shopping" functionalities in SCEIS |
| TRN | Training - The technology "landscape" that mirrors the live Production system, supports classes and students' practice and testing |
| TWAIN | Technology Without An Intelligent Name - A standard for acquiring images from scanners |
| WIA | Windows Image Acquisition - A Windows driver that communicates between graphics software and imaging hardware |