XML
XML (Extensible Mark-up Language) allows information and services to be encoded with meaningful structure and semantics that computers and humans can understand. XML is great for information exchange, and can easily be extended to include user-specified and industry-specified tags.

API
Application Program Interface. A set of routines that an application uses to request and carry out lower-level services performed by a computer's operating system. Also, a set of calling conventions in programming that define how a service is invoked through the application.

WWW
World Wide Web: computer network consisting of a collection of internet sites that offer text and graphics and sound and animation resources through the hypertext transfer protocol

Viewdata
Examples are teletext and Prestel. It is a way of receiving digital information at a distance and displaying it on a screen. The original specification defined various stages which led the way from chunky blocky graphics to high quality photographic images

E-commerce
Electronic commerce or EC is the buying and selling of goods and services on the Internet, especially the World Wide Web. In practice, this term and a newer term, e-business, are often used interchangeably. For online retail selling, the term e-tailing is sometimes used

RFI
A Request for Information (RFI) is a document which is issued by the project team to a wide group of potential suppliers to enable them to register an interest in becoming a preferred supplier for the project. To enable suppliers to formally register their interest, they must provide information regarding their Company, product offering and approach towards satisfying the needs of the project. This is also sometimes referred to as an Invitation to tender (ITT) or Request for proposal (RFP)