List of Abbreviations

Abbreviations used in MetaMiner Tableau Edition (MMTE) and its documentation and their meanings.

API¶

Stands for Application Programming Interface, a software tool that allows other systems to interconnect to your product.

BIA¶

Business Impact Analysis.

CLI¶

Command Line Interface.

CSV¶

Comma Separated Value. The text file format, where each line is a data record, and values are separated usually by commas.

DBA¶

Database Administrator.

EAI¶

Enterprise Application Integration.

EDW¶

Enterprise Data Warehouse.

ERP¶

Enterprise Resource Planning.

FQDN¶

Fully Qualified Domain Name.

HDD¶

Hard Disk Drive, a traditional long-term storage device with mechanical parts and magnetic spinning disks.

See SSD.

HTTP(s)¶

HyperText Transfer Protocol, a network protocol of the TCP/IP stack for connecting to WWW sites and REST API. 'S' stands for "secure", when HTTP is running over the SSL/TLS encryption protocols.

ID¶

An identifier of some entity in MetaMiner or another software system.

IA¶

In this documentation, IA stands for Impact Analysis.

JDBC¶

Java DataBase Connectivity. A database access API for Java. It is part of the JSE platform.

See JDBC on Wikipedia

JMX¶

Java Management Extensions.

JSE¶

Java Standard Edition. It is a development and deployment platform for desktop and server environments. It uses the Java programming language.

JVM¶

Java Virtual Machine.

LUID¶

Locally Unique Identifier.

MMA¶

It may stand for

MetaMiner/MMTE Administrator, one of the key MetaMiner components
MetaMinerAdmin account in Tableau Software.

MMC¶

MetaMiner/MMTE Client. One of the key MetaMiner components.

MMDB¶

MetaMiner Database.

MMRMA¶

MetaMiner Remote Tableau Metrics Agent.

MMS¶

MetaMiner/MMTE Server. One of the key MetaMiner components.

MMTE¶

MetaMiner Tableau Edition.

NVMe¶

Non-Volatile Memory on PCI Express, a modern high-speed interface for connecting solid-state data storage devices in desktops and servers.

ODBC¶

Open DataBase Connectivity. A standard API for accessing databases on Windows OS.

See ODBC on Wikipedia

PDS¶

Stays for direct publish data source, as opposed to embedded data source in Tableau Software.

RDBMS¶

Relational Database Management System.

RAID¶

Redundant Array of Independent Disks.

RDP¶

Remote Desktop Protocol.

REST¶

Representational State Transfer, a software architectural style of writing API over HTTP(s).

SAS¶

Serial Attached SCSI, a modern serial interface for HDDs, used mostly for servers.

SATA¶

Serial AT Attachment, a serial interface for HDDs and SSDs, used mostly for desktop computers.

SMTP¶

Simple Mail Transfer Protocol, a network protocol of the TCP/IP stack for sending outgoing emails.

SMTP(s) stands for SMTP Secure, where communication is SSL-encrypted.

SPN¶

In Active Directory, Service Principal Name (SPN). The service principal name is associated with the principal (user or groups) and the security context (logon ticket or kerberos ticket) that the service or application uses to run a process.

SQL¶

Structured Query Language used to communicate with PostgreSQL and most other RDBMS.

SSD¶

Solid-state Drive, a long-term storage device that uses circuitry and has no mechanical parts.

See HDD.

SSL¶

Secure Sockets Layer, a cryptographic protocol.

SSO¶

Single Sign On.

TLS¶

Transport Layer Security, a cryptographic protocol. See Wikipedia.

TSM¶

Tableau Services Manager.

UI¶

User Interface.

VMARG¶

Java Virtual Machine Argument.

VPS¶

Virtual Private Server.

WAF¶

Web Application Firewall.

WS¶

WebSocket protocol.

WWW¶

World Wide Web, a global set of Internet websites, linked with HTTP(s) protocols.