Common Terms

This section contains some commonly used terms and their definitions.

The existing documentation describes several technical products and technologies. Several terms used may be unfamiliar to readers. To assist with this issue, the below table provides a resource for understanding some of these commonly used terms present in the documentation.

Term	Abbreviation	Definition
Asia-Pacific	APAC	Asia-Pacific is the part of the world near the western Pacific Ocean
Applied Programming Interface	API	Refers to software which facilitates the accurate and efficient sharing of data between two systems. c=Commonly referenced as a standardized method of sharing agronomic data with assigned service provider
Basic Auth	Bauth	HTTP user agent (e.g. a web browser) to provide a user name and password when making a request
CNH Industrial	CNH	CNH full corporate name
Customer Relationship Management (Software)	CRM	CRM software is a technology for managing a company's relationships and interactions with customers and potential customers.
Data Exchange Platform	DEP	CNH enabler of single point integration
Dealer Management System	DMS	Software that dealerships operate to manage service, sales, parts, etc.
Europe, the Middle East and Africa	EMEA	Designation for Europe, the Middle East and Africa
JavaScript Object Notation	JSON	JSON is an open standard file format and data interchange format that uses human-readable text to store and transmit data objects consisting of attribute–value pairs and arrays
Latin America	LATAM	Designation for Latin America and South American countries
North America Free Trade Agreement Members	NAFTA	Canada, Mexico, and the United States
Secure File Transfer Protocol	SFTP	SSH File Transfer Protocol is a network protocol that provides file access, file transfer, and file management over any reliable data stream
Extensible Markup Language	XML	Markup language and file format for storing, transmitting, and reconstructing arbitrary data