Term/acronym

Original word

Description

1-Year

1-Year

The length of a license, maintenance or support period, depending on the product.

Acad

Academic

A product aimed at the educational markets. Some vendors use the word Academic to mean student and teacher editions. Compare also to EDU.

CUP(G)

Competitive Upgrade

And upgrade from a competitive product.

CE

Corporate Edition

Licenses for corporations. See also SMB.

Concurrent

Concurrent

A license for users that use the product simultaneously (usually on multiple computers).

Crossgrade

Crossgrade

Upgrade to some nother product from another product from the same vendor. Can also be used to mean upgrades from a lower edition to an up-scale version, such as from a Pro version to an Enterprise version.

Edu

Educational

A product for educational institutes. Depending on the vendor, this might also mean the students of the educational institute. Compare to ACAD.

EN

English

English language product.

Ent.

Enterprise

Enterprise or large-corporation version of the product.

ESD

Electronic Software Delivery

An indication of the delivery method of the product. Electronic delivery means usually, that the customer will receive an e-mail with instructions on how to download and install the product.

FI

Finnish

Finnish language product.

Floating

Floating

A floating licenses allows the product to be installed in multiple computers, but only a subset of the users can use the product simultaneously. See also Concurrent.

FS

Full System

See Full.

Full

Full

A full product means a product that contains both a license and an installation media, most commonly on a CD/DVD disc. To purchase a full product, you don't need to own a previous version of the product, as you do when purchasing an upgrade-priced product.

Lic.

License

A license is the right to legally use a product. Most commonly, a license product contains only a PDF license certificate or a paper based document of the same. To be able to use the product, the customer must commonly purchase a separate installation CD.

Maint.

Maintenance

A maintenance will commonly include all updates to a product for the duration of the maintenance. For instance, if a new version of the product becomes available, only those customers that have the maintenance available will get the new version for free. Other users must purchase a separate upgrade, if available.

Pack

Pack

A collection of licenses, for example to form a 5-pack to hold licenses for five users.

Pro

Professional

The Professional version of the product.

Renewal

Renewal

The renewal of an expired maintenance or support agreement. For instance, a "1-Year Renewal".

SA

Software Assurance

Microsoft's common maintenance and support plan.

SMB

Small Business

A version of the product aimed at the small and medium sized businesses.

Src.

Source

Usually meaning the source code of the application, i.e.. the price includes the source code of the product.

Srv

Server

A server version of the product, or a license for said number of servers.

Std

Standard

A Standard version of the product.

Student

Student

An usually lower-prices version of the product for students.

Sup.

Support

Vendor's support agreements. Support most often means technical support services, but can also mean software maintenance services. See also Maintenance.

Upg

Upgrade

An upgrade version of the product. Usually, an upgrade product is available for less than a full product. However, to be able to purchase an upgrade, you must usually own a previous full version of the product.