December 9, 1994
Appendix A - Terms and Definitions
The following terms which are used in this document are defined to have these meanings:
Aggie Bucks The administrative application for the Student Debit Card System. APCIS Associate Provost for Computing and Information Services. APCIS Office The Office of the Associate Provost for Computing and Information Services, the Computing and Information Services, and all sub-units of these organizations. BPP The administrative application for processing budget, payroll, and personnel information. Computer Security Those measures, procedures, or controls which provide an acceptable degree of safety of information resources from accidental or intentional disclosure, modification, or destruction. Data A representation of facts or concepts in an organized manner in order that it may be stored communicated, interpreted, or processed by automated means. FAMIS The administrative application for processing financial and accounting information. Generally Accessible Computing Resource The computing resources of Texas A&M University available to any faculty, staff, or student at Texas A&M University. Information Resources The computer hardware, software, data files, and networks at Texas A&M University LAN Local Area Networks are connected to the Texas A&M University Network and are departmental resources. Logonid A unique identifier used by the computer system to establish user identification. Mission Critical Information Resources Those information processing resources that have been determined to be essential to Texas A&M University's critical mission and functions. NOTIS The application for processing library administrative and catalog information. Password A combination of characters used to authenticate a person's identity to a computer system when associated with a logonid. SIMS The administrative application for processing student information. Texas A&M University Network The ethernet, FDDI, fiber optic, token ring, and the port selector portions of the Texas A&M University campus computing networks.