| Acronym | Definition |
|---|---|
| AAROC | Africa-Arabia Regional Operations Centre - supporting initiative |
| AOSP | African Open Science Platform - recent Open Science inititative supported by the South African Academy of Sciences |
| API | Application Programming Interface - typically a means for expressing the means for interacting with a remote service or application |
| Bootcamp | A brief, focussed event with a development focus around a particular issue or technology. Particularly suited to creating an initial spike in activity or completing a project activity or application |
| DARIAH | Digital Research Infrastructure for the Arts and Humanities - community of practice |
| DevOps | Portmanteau of "Development" and "Operations" , referring to a collaborative engineering and development culture |
| eduGAIN | The worldwide inter-federation run by GEANT. See http://www.edugain.org |
| GARR | The Italian National Research Network |
| GrIDP | A catch-all identity federation for new identity providers, operated by GARR. See gridp.garr.it |
| IdP | Identity Provider - in an Identity Federation, the service which authenticates a user's identity |
| IDPOpen | A catch-all identity provider for users with no identity providers, operated by GARR. See idpopen.garr.it |
| iGRID | Smart Grid Capacity Development and Enhancement - community of practice |
| ISP | Internet Service Provider - internet terminology |
| MURIA | Medicines Utilisation Research In Africa - community of practice |
| OSP | Open Science Platform - a proposal for an open platform for Open Science workflows. See www.sci-gaia.eu/osp |
| REST | Representational State Transfer - a standard vocabulary for interacting with remote services |
| Slack | A modern messaging system for teams. See slack.com |
| VPN | Virtual Private Network - network technology |
| walled garden | Also known as "closed platform". Referred to online community platforms or social networks. See description in Wikipedia |
| WIMEA-ICT | Weather Information Management in East Africa - research community |