Glossary of Acronyms

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A6
Aria 6, is the legacy version of Aria.

A7
Aria 7, Crescendo, and Enhanced Object Model, were prototype names for Aria Billing Cloud.

AVS
Address Verification Service used to verify credit card transactions.

BR
Bug Request

CAC
Refers to the create_acct_complete_m API call.

CDF
Client-defined field. Can include account supplemental fields, product supplemental fields, and usage record fields.

CIT
Cardholder-Initiated Transaction.

CVV
Card Verification Value used to verify credit card transactions.

DS
Data Streaming.

EOM
Enhanced Object Model, Aria 7, and Crescendo, were prototype names for Aria Billing Cloud.

ER
Enhancement Request.

HWM
High Water Mark, a type of usage pricing.

LOM
Logical Object Model.

MIT
Merchant-Initiated Transaction.

MOTO
Mail Order/Telephone Order (for payments).

MPI
Master Plan Instance.

NSO
Non Subscription Offering.

RS
Rate Schedule.

SCA
Strong Customer Authentication.

SLA
Service Level Agreement.

SPI
Supplemental Plan Instance.

TBR
Threshold Billing Rule.

TMF
TM Forum, a collection of telecommunications companies that defines industry standards.