Glossary

Biometrics 

A method of verifying an individual’s physical feature(s) or repeatable action(s) where those features and/or actions are both unique to that individual and measurable 

cGMP 

Current Good Manufacturing Practice 

CFR 

Code of Federal Regulations 

Closed system 

An environment in which system access is controlled by persons who are responsible for the content of electronic records that are on the system 

Control system  

This expression is used to represent the system that controls the physical process elements. This is usually a PLC (Programmable Logic Controller) or a DCS (Distributed Control System). AVEVA Batch Management interfaces with these systems to execute the recipes. 

DA Server 

Data Access Server 

DB 

Database 

EMI 

Enterprise Manufacturing Intelligence 

DCS 

Distributed Control System 

ER/ES 

Electronic Record/Electronic Signature 

FDA 

Food and Drug Administration 

GAMP 

Good Automated Manufacturing Practice 

Historian 

The AVEVA Historian component of the System Platform is a high-performance real-time database for historical information. It combines the power and flexibility of a relational database with the speed and compression of a true process historian, integrating the office with the factory floor or any industrial operation. 

HMI 

Human-machine interface 

Foxboro DCS 

Foxboro Distributed Control system (DCS) 

ID 

Identification or an item used to verify one’s identity (e.g. user name) 

IDE 

Integrated Development Environment 

IT 

Information Technology 

ISPE 

International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering 

PDA

Parenteral Drug Association

MES 

Manufacturing Execution System 

OS 

Operating System 

Open system 

An environment in which system access is not controlled by persons who are responsible for the content of electronic records that are on the system 

Part 11 

21 CFR Part 11 

PLC 

Programmable logic controller 

SOP 

Standard Operating Procedure 

SQL 

Structured Query Language 

System Platform 

AVEVA System Platform provides a single platform for all the SCADA, Supervisory HMI, and MES and EMI Software Solutions needs of industrial automation and information personnel. 

SSRS  

SQL Server Reporting Services