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Sitecore Acronyms

If you are working with Sitecore technology, then you must be aware of some common Sitecore acronyms. So here is the list of some of the heavily used Sitecore acronyms:

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  1. A/B Testing


With A/B testing, you can test and validate your assumptions on a small group of your customers before you send the final email campaign to the rest. This ensures that you always send the most appealing and relevant email campaigns to your customers.

  1. CD - Content delivery


The Content Delivery (CD) role handles requests from visitors across channels, determines which content to serve, and renders output in the relevant format for the channel.

  1. CM - Content Management (CM)


The Content Management (CM) role enables authors to create, manage, and publish content.

  1. CMS – Content Management System


A content management system is a software application that can be used to manage the creation and modification of digital content. CMSs are typically used for enterprise content management and web content management.

  1. CTA - Call To Action


CTA’s allow you to create a clear and prominent link to other relevant sections within Sitecore, PDFs, and other useful sources of information

  1. CXM - customer experience management


Customer experience management is all about getting better results by adapting to changes in how your customers are interacting, and where they are interacting with you.

  1. DEF - Data Exchange Framework


You can Sitecore Data Exchange Framework to model processes that synchronize data between multiple systems. It is designed to facilitate the transfer of data between systems. It allows you to define the logic needed to read data from a source system, transform that data into a format that is compatible with a target system, and write the transformed data into a target system.

  1. DMS - Sitecore’s Digital Marketing System


Sitecore DMS is a module within Sitecore CMS which is designed to improve digital marketing strategies and boost website conversions

  1. EXM - Email Experience Manager


Email Experience Manager (EXM) to create highly customizable email campaigns and make them both personal and relevant to your customers.

  1. FXM - Federated Experience Manager


Federated Experience Manager (FXM) is a module that you use with the Sitecore® Experience Platform™ (XP) to both serve web content as well as capture visitor behavior on non-Sitecore sites

  1. JSS - Sitecore JavaScript Services


JSS is a complete SDK for JavaScript developers allowing to build full-fledged solutions using Sitecore and modern JavaScript UI libraries and frameworks (React.js and Angular)

  1. PaaS - Platform as a Service


PaaS, is a category of cloud computing that provides a platform and environment to allow developers to build applications and services over the internet

 

  1. PXM – Print experience manager


PXM is a platform that provides a bridge (various bridges, in fact) between Adobe InDesign and Sitecore.

  1. SBOS - Sitecore Business Optimization Strategies


Supports Sitecore customers and implementation partners through their transformation from marketing with a brand-centric, static web presence to marketing with a personalized, contextual, omnichannel digital platform that creates great customer experiences and builds loyal customers

  1. SIF - Sitecore Installation Framework


The Sitecore Installation Framework is a Microsoft PowerShell module that supports local and remote installations of Sitecore, and it is fully extensible

  1. SIM - (Sitecore Instance Manager)


SIM is an open source tool for managing the local park of Sitecore instances. You can install, locate, maintain, reinstall or delete Sitecore products. It has API and plugin engine so you can extend it for any your need

  1. SPE - Sitecore PowerShell Extensions


SPE Module is a Sitecore development accelerator which can drastically increase your productivity and curtail the amount of time it takes to deliver a Sitecore solution.

  1. Speak - Sitecore Process Enablement & Accelerator Kit


Speak  is a framework for developing Sitecore applications with a consistent interface quickly and easily.

  1. SXA - Sitecore Experience Accelerator


SXA separates structure from design, so front-end designers, creative designers, content authors, and developers can work in parallel and you can deploy and maintain multiple sites quickly and cost effectively

  1. WFFM - Web Forms for Marketers


It aids marketers to create simple forms, without additional help from the developer. One just needs to add basic input fields (text boxes, checkboxes), save actions and validators, and voila, you’re done within a few clicks! This module is a great tool to help marketers create and published their own forms.

  1. xConnect


xConnect is the service layer that sits in between the xDB Collection database and xDB index, and any trusted client or device that wants to read, write, or search contact and interaction data. No other system has direct access to the xDB Collection database or the xDB index.

  1. XC - Sitecore Experience Commerce


XC deliver personalized shopping experiences by integrating commerce and digital marketing

  1. xDB - Experience Database


The Sitecore Experience Database (xDB) is a big data marketing repository that collects and connects customer interactions to create a comprehensive, unified view of each individual customer

  1. XM - Sitecore Experience Manager


Sitecore Experience Manager (XM) empowers you to deliver the right content, to the right person, exactly at the right time

 

  1. XP – Sitecore Experience platform


World-class content management combined with deep data insights deliver omnichannel, personalized interactions in real time

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