A recent conversation turned to weird acronyms we use only at work or school, and I realized I had an insanely large number…

ACU: Automated Channel Update AGU: Automatic GDS Update AMF: ASCII Message Format BRD: Business Requirements Document CRS: Central Reservation System DTE: Data Transfer Express FDD: Functional Design Document GDS: Global Distribution System HOD: Hotel Operational Description PFF: Positional Flat File PRINUP: PRoperty INformation UPdate SMP: Screen Management Program SOP: Standard Operating Procedure SWAD: System Works As Designed SWAG: Scientific Wild-Ass Guess TDD: Technical Design Document TPE: Transaction Processing Environment

…and that’s just what I could think of off the top of my head. :P

I recently titled a document “Sabre HOD PFF FDD”. I kid you not.

Anyone else have any they’d like to share?