A list of the principal acronyms for terms that are used in these pages.
| Full name | Acronym |
|---|---|
| Attribute Certificate | AC |
| Andrew File System | AFS |
| Grid Acceptable Use Policy | AUP |
| Certification Authority | CA |
| Computing Elements | CE |
| Distinguished Name | DN |
| File Catalogue Name | FCN |
| Fully Qualified Attribute Name | FQAN |
| Grid Operations Centre | GOC |
| Globally Unique Identifier | GUID |
| Logging and Bookkeeping | LB |
| Large Hadron Collider Computing Grid | LCG |
| Logical File Name | LFN |
| LCG Registrar | LR |
| Message Passing Interface | MPI |
| Privacy Enhanced Mail Security Certificate | PEM |
| Personal Information Exchange File | PKCS12 |
| Resource Broker | RB |
| Storage Element | SE |
| Site URL | SURL |
| User Interface | UI |
| Unix ID number | UID |
| User Information Group | UIG |
| Subject Name | SN |
| Virtual Organisation | VO |
| Virtual Organisation Membership Service | VOMS |
| VO Management Service | VOMS |
| World Wide LCG | WLCG |
| Workload Management System | WMS |
The following document may also be referred to for further information:
http://egee-technical.web.cern.ch/egee-technical/documents/glossary.htm