In der Kürze liegt die Würze - im Verständnis das Verhängnis.
| Abkürzung | Bedeutung |
| # |
| 121 | One to One |
| A |
| AC | Assessment Center |
| B |
| B2B | Business to Business |
| B2C | Business to Customer |
| BSC | Balanced Score Card |
| C |
| CAD | Computer Aided Design |
| CAM | Computer Aided Manufacturing |
| CAS | Computer Aided Selling |
| CBT | Computer Based Training |
| CMP | Cross Media Publishing |
| CMS | Content Management System |
| CRM | Customer Relationship Management |
| CS | Cross Selling |
| D |
| DBM | Data Base Management |
| DBMS | Data Base Management System |
| DM | Document Management |
| DMS | Document Management System |
| DRM | Digital Rights Management |
| E |
| EAN | Europäische Artikel Nummerierung |
| ECDL | European Computer Driving License |
| EEC | European Economic Community |
| EFTA | European Free Trade Association |
| F |
| FAQ | Frequently Asked Questions |
| FE | Forschung und Entwicklung |
| G |
| GSM | Global System of Mobile Communication |
| H |
| HTML | Hypertext Markup Language |
| HTTP | Hypertext Transfer Protocol |
| I |
| IDA | International Development Association |
| IMS | Integrated Management System |
| IP | Internet Protocol |
| ISO | International Standard Organisation |
| IT | Information Technologie |
| IUK | Informations und Kommunikations Technologie |
| J |
| JIT | Just in Time |
| K |
| KM | Knowledge Management |
| KMU | Klein und Mittelständische Unternehmen |
| KVP | Kontinuierlicher Verbesserungs Prozess |
| L |
| LAN | Local Area Network |
| M |
| MAM | Media Asset Management |
| MBO | Management by Objectives |
| MBO | Management buy Out |
| MBI | Management buy In |
| O |
| OE | Organisations Entwicklung |
| OS | Operating System |
| P |
| PE | Personal Entwicklung |
| PRM | Partner Relationship Management |
| Q |
| QDF | Quality Function Deployment |
| QM | Quality Management |
| QMS | Quality Management Systems |
| R |
| RM | Records Management |
| RMS | Records Management Systems |
| ROI | Return on Investment |
| S |
| S2B | Science to Business |
| SCM | Supply Chain Management |
| SME | Small and Medium Enterprises (siehe auch KMU) |
| SQL | Structured Query Language |
| T |
| TM | Trade Mark |
| TQM | Total Quality Management |
| U |
| USP | Unic Selling Proposition |
| W |
| W3C | World Wide Web Consortium |
| WAN | Wide Area Network |
| WYSIWYG | What You See Is What You Get |
| X |
| XHTML | eXtensible HyperText Markup Language |
| Z |
| ZBM | Zero Based Management |