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Baby Boom post-WWII demographic birth acceleration (see Papy Boomerang )<br />
BAC Basic Access Au<strong>the</strong>ntication (see Au<strong>the</strong>ntication )<br />
BAC Budget At Completion (see EV, ACWP, BCWP, BCWP, EAC, VAC)<br />
BACC Belgian-American Chamber of Commerce (New-York)<br />
Backbone high speed data link connecting <strong>the</strong> main NW and carrying <strong>the</strong> heaviest traffic<br />
BackDoor.Flashback Trojan for Apple "Mac" PC and o<strong>the</strong>rs<br />
Backronym acronym refering to itself in <strong>the</strong> expression for which it stands (see recursive acronym , retronym ,<br />
anacronym ). Backronym example : VISA International Service Association (1976)<br />
BAD Business Application Domain (see BAA)<br />
Bada Samsung mobile high-performance native apps and services (see LiMO, MeeGo, …)<br />
BaffleText more sophisticated CAPTCHA filter made by PARC<br />
BAFTA British Academy of Film and Television Arts<br />
*.bak back-up file format<br />
BAL Business Analysis Library<br />
BALUN BALanced / UNbalanced<br />
BAM Business Activity Management (see SAM)<br />
BAM Business Activity Monitoring (could be related to BI, TCO for IT managers)<br />
BAM Business Administration Management<br />
BAM Bidirectional Associative Memory<br />
BAN Body Area NW: IEEE 802.15.6 wireless mini-emitter/receiver to be installed around, on/in <strong>the</strong> human body (MEB, WPAN)<br />
Bandwidth firstly an expression of <strong>the</strong> analog capacity (Hz), secondly of <strong>the</strong> digital transfer capacity.<br />
Bank ID 5-digit alphanumeric key / abbreviation (i.e. DEUBA = Deutsche Bank)<br />
Banking see SAP Banking<br />
Bankster Bank and Gangster for evidencing Bank management bad practices<br />
BAO Business Advantages Optimization (see BI and o<strong>the</strong>rs, BPO, CAO, …)<br />
BAPCO Belgian Assn of Professional Conference Organizers<br />
BAPI Business Application Programming Interface (see API) : w/i SAP, that transaction retrieves<br />
a list of all Business Objects and <strong>the</strong>ir BAPIs from <strong>the</strong> BOR. Mailing list: http://www.sap.com/<br />
products/techno/bapis/feedback/mailing/mailing.htm)<br />
Barg unit of gauge pressure<br />
BASDA Business Aplication SW Developers Assn (UK)<br />
BASE Building, Antenna, Span, Earth: <strong>the</strong> four types of objects one may use for jumping (base jumping)<br />
Base 2 system binary number system<br />
Base 10 system decimal number system<br />
Basel II or 2 banking standards set for regulating finance and banking in <strong>the</strong> EC (see Solvency II )<br />
Basel III or 3 more elaborated rules for Banks<br />
BASIC Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code (programming language)<br />
BASIC Beginner's All-purpose Systemic Individual Construction (FBC>s concept)<br />
Bastion Host hardened system to resist attack and used as a firewall component<br />
*.bat see Batch file<br />
BAT Best Available Techniques (see BREF)<br />
BATCH simple program file / stored commands series<br />
Batch file DOS commands in a *.bat file<br />
BATNA Best Alternative To a Negotiated Agreement (see MOU)<br />
Baud measurement unit of digital data transmission speed<br />
B2B Business To Business (see B2C, C2C)<br />
Bb Blackboard<br />
BB Big Board (annual administration meeting board)<br />
BBA Bachelor of Business Administration (see BS, MBA, MEM, MIS, Ph.D., …)<br />
BBDE Browser-Based Desktop Environment (see DE)<br />
BBI Bloomberg Billionaires Index<br />
BBK Library Bibliographic<br />
b-Blog Blog for mainly sharing business insights instead of personal concerns<br />
BBM BlackBerry Messenger<br />
BBM BroadBand Mechanic (www.broadbandmechanics.com/)<br />
BBMC Brussels Business Mediation Center (http://www.bbmcmediation.be/)<br />
BBMMORPGs Browser-Based MMORPGs (see Gaming , MMOBBG, MMORTS, …)<br />
BBP Best Business Practice (see BIP, BMP, IBP)<br />
BBP Business-to-Business Procurement (SAP)<br />
BBRT Beyond Budgeting Round Table (Intl Research Consortium sponsored by 70 large enterprises)<br />
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