Glossary of Acronyms

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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, the prototype name 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