A non-standard term differs from the usually accepted spelling within a community. A term is considered non-standard if it has the same definition as the more usual and has a different spelling.
Since we are a US-based organization, we favor American spelling conventions.
Typically in the UCF, non-standard terms fall into these categories:
a spelling variant
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a hyphen or space differentiation
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an unconventional, "off-the-wall" term or phraseology
What are non-standard terms
a new variant of commonly used terminology
a phrase that directly corresponds to an existing term, but is worded differently (i.e. ‘processing the personal data’ vs ‘personal data processing’)
a shortened version of a term or one that contains an acronym (i.e.
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‘VLAN ID’ to ‘virtual local area network identifier’)
a word or phrase that does not have it’s own definition
What are not non-standard terms
a term for which a definition can be found either in an AD or an industry source
a term that is conceptually different than its standard counterpart (i.e. information technology process is NOT non-standard for information technology procedure)
a term that is commonly used in industry sources
some criteria that could signal "commonly used":
used in governing body sources,
used business and media sources,
used in technical documentation
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