Suggested Abbreviations
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Description
Whenever possible, do not use abbreviations in variables, functions and objects names.
If there is no other choice, then use the suggestions below.
| word | Abbreviation |
|---|---|
| absence | Abs |
| account | Acc |
| accounting | Acc |
| accumulated | Accum |
| action | Act |
| activity | Activ |
| additional | Add |
| address | Addr |
| adjust | Adj |
| adjusted | Adjd |
| adjustment | Adjmt |
| agreement | Agrmt |
| allocation | Alloc |
| allowance | Allow |
| alternative | Alt |
| amount | Amt |
| amounts | Amts |
| answer | Ans |
| applies | Appl |
| application | Appln |
| arrival | Arriv |
| assembly | Asm |
| assemble to order | ATO |
| assignment | Assgnt |
| associated | Assoc |
| attachment | Attmt |
| authorities | Auth |
| automatic | Auto |
| availability | Avail |
| average | Avg |
| ba db. | BA |
| balance | Bal |
| bill of materials | BOM |
| blanket | Blnkt |
| budget | Budg |
| buffer | Buf |
| business | Bus |
| business interaction management | BIM |
| buying | Buy |
| calculate | Calc |
| calculated | Calcd |
| calculation | Calcu |
| calendar | Cal |
| capacity | Cap |
| capacity requirements planning | CRP |
| cash flow | CF |
| cashflow | CF |
| catalog | ctlg |
| category | Cat |
| Central Processing Unit | CPU |
| center | Ctr |
| change | Chg |
| changes | Chgs |
| character | Char |
| characters | Chars |
| charge | Chrg |
| charges | Chrgs |
| check | Chk |
| classification | Class |
| collection | coll |
| column | col |
| comment | Cmt |
| company | Co |
| component | Comp |
| completion | Cmpltn |
| components | Comps |
| composition | Compn |
| compression | Compr |
| concurrent | Concrnt |
| confidential | Conf |
| confirmation | Cnfrmn |
| conflict | Confl |
| consolidate | Consol |
| consolidation | Consolid |
| consumption | Consump |
| contact | Cont |
| container | Cntr |
| contract | Contr |
| contracted | Contrd |
| control | Ctrl |
| controls | Ctrls |
| conversion | Conv |
| correction | Cor |
| correspondence | Corres |
| corresponding | Corresp |
| cost | Cst |
| sold | COGS |
| credit | Cr |
| cumulate | Cumul |
| currency | Curr |
| current | Crnt |
| customer | Cust |
| customer/vendor | CV |
| daily | Dly |
| dampener | Damp |
| database management system | DBMS |
| date | D |
| definition | Def |
| demonstration | Demo |
| department | Dept |
| department/project | DP |
| depreciation | Depr |
| description | Desc |
| detail | Dtl |
| detailed | Dtld |
| details | Dtls |
| deviation | Dev |
| difference | Diff |
| dimension | Dim |
| direct | Dir |
| discount | Disc |
| discrete | Discr |
| distribute | Distr |
| distributed | Distrd |
| distributor | Distbtr |
| distribution | Distrn |
| document | Doc |
| duplicate | Dupl |
| entered | Entrd |
| engineering | Engin |
| exchange | Exch |
| excluding | Excl |
| execute | Exec |
| expected | Expd |
| expedited | Exped |
| expense | Exp |
| expression | Expr |
| expiration | Expir |
| extended | Ext |
| explode | Expl |
| export | Expt |
| final | Fnl |
| finance | Fin |
| fiscal | Fisc |
| finished | Fnshd |
| fixed asset | FA |
| forward | Fwd |
| freight | Frt |
| general | Gen |
| general ledger | GL |
| group | Gr |
| header | Hdr |
| history | Hist |
| holiday | Hol |
| human resource | HR |
| identification | ID |
| import | Imp |
| inbound | Inbnd |
| including | Incl |
| included | Incld |
| incoming | Incmg |
| independent software vendor | ISV |
| industry | Indust |
| information | Info |
| initial | Init |
| Intrastat | Intra |
| interaction | Interact |
| integration | Integr |
| interest | Int |
| Interim | Intm |
| internal protocol | IP |
| inventory | Invt |
| inventoriable | Invtbl |
| invoice | Inv |
| invoiced | Invd |
| item tracking | IT |
| journal | Jnl |
| language | Lang |
| ledger | Ledg |
| level | Lvl |
| line | Ln |
| list | Lt |
| local currency | LCY |
| location | Loc |
| mailing | |
| maintenance | Maint |
| management | Mgt |
| manual | Man |
| manufacturing | Mfg |
| manufacturer | Mfr |
| material | Mat |
| marketing | Mktg |
| maximum | Max |
| measure | Meas |
| message | Msg |
| minimum | Min |
| miscellaneous | Misc |
| modify | Mod |
| month | Mth |
| negative | Neg |
| non-inventoriable | NonInvtbl |
| notification | Notif |
| number | No |
| numbers | Nos |
| object | Obj |
| operating | Oper |
| opportunity | Opp |
| order | Ord |
| orders | Ords |
| original | Orig |
| organization | Org |
| outbound | Outbnd |
| Outgoing | Outg |
| output | Out |
| outstanding | Outstd |
| overhead | Ovhd |
| payment | Pmt |
| percent | Pct |
| personnel | Persnl |
| physical | Phys |
| picture | Pic |
| planning | Plng |
| posted | Pstd |
| posting | Post |
| positive | Pos |
| precision | Prec |
| prepayment | Prepmt |
| product | Prod |
| production | Prod |
| production order | ProdOrd |
| project | Proj |
| property | Prop |
| prospect | Prspct |
| purchase | Purch |
| purchases | Purch |
| purchaser | Purchr |
| purchase order | PurchOrd |
| quality | Qlty |
| quantity | Qty |
| questionnaire | Questn |
| quote | Qte |
| radio frequency | RF |
| range | Rng |
| receipt | Rcpt |
| received | Rcd |
| record | Rec |
| records | Recs |
| reconcile | Recncl |
| reconciliation | Recon |
| recurring | Recur |
| reference | Ref |
| register | Reg |
| registration | Regn |
| registered | Regd |
| relation | Rel |
| relations | Rels |
| relationship | Rlshp |
| release | Rlse |
| released | Rlsd |
| remaining | Rem |
| reminder | Rmdr |
| replacement | Repl |
| replenish | Rplnsh |
| replenishment | Rplnsht |
| report | Rpt |
| represent | Rep |
| represented | Repd |
| request | Rqst |
| required | Reqd |
| requirement | Reqt |
| requirements | Reqts |
| requisition | Req |
| reserve | Rsv |
| reserved | Rsvd |
| reservation | Reserv |
| resolution | Resol |
| resource | Res |
| response | Rsp |
| responsibility | Resp |
| retain | Rtn |
| retained | Rtnd |
| return | Ret |
| returns | Rets |
| revaluation | Revaln |
| reverse | Rev |
| review | Rvw |
| round | Rnd |
| rounded | Rndd |
| rounding | Rndg |
| route | Rte |
| routing | Rtng |
| routine | Rout |
| sales & receivables | Sales |
| safety | Saf |
| schedule | Sched |
| second | Sec |
| segment | Seg |
| select | Sel |
| selection | Selctn |
| sequence | Seq |
| serial | Ser |
| serial number | SN |
| service | Serv |
| sheet | Sh |
| shipment | Shpt |
| source | Src |
| special | Spcl |
| specification | Spec |
| specifications | Specs |
| standard | Std |
| frequency | SF |
| statement | Stmt |
| statistical | Stat |
| statistics | Stats |
| stock | Stk |
| stockkeeping unit | SKU |
| stream | Stm |
| structured query language | SQL |
| subcontract | Subcontr |
| subcontracted | Subcontrd |
| subcontracting | Subcontrg |
| substitute | Sub |
| substitution | Subst |
| suggest | Sug |
| suggested | Sugd |
| suggestion | Sugn |
| summary | Sum |
| suspended | Suspd |
| symptom | Sympt |
| synchronize | Synch |
| temporary | Temp |
| total | Tot |
| transaction | Transac |
| transfer | Trans |
| translation | Transln |
| tracking | Trkg |
| troubleshoot | Tblsht |
| troubleshooting | Tblshtg |
| unit of measure | UOM |
| unit test | UT |
| unrealized | Unreal |
| unreserved | Unrsvd |
| update | Upd |
| valuation | Valn |
| value | Val |
| value added tax | VAT |
| variance | Var |
| vendor | Vend |
| warehouse | Whse |
| web shop | WS |
| worksheet | Wksh |
| g/l | GL |
| % | Pct |
| 3-tier | Three-Tier |
| Outlook Synch | Osynch |
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Last modified October 4, 2024: Merge pull request #249 from Busschers/ErrorHandling-ListOfReferenceText (5e76983)
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