Appendix E — Abbreviations
Abbreviation
|
Description
|
---|---|
AI
|
artificial intelligence
|
AICPA
|
American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants
|
ARO
|
asset retirement obligation
|
ARPU
|
average revenue per unit
|
ARR
|
annual run rate
|
ASC
|
FASB Accounting Standards Codification
|
ASR
|
SEC Accounting Series Release
|
ASU
|
FASB Accounting Standards Update
|
BC
|
Basis for Conclusions
|
BOE
|
barrels of oil equivalent
|
C&DI
|
SEC Compliance and Disclosure
Interpretation
|
CAQ
|
Center for Audit Quality
|
CD&A
|
Compensation Discussion and Analysis
|
CECL
|
current expected credit loss (referring to
the FASB’s credit losses standard (ASC 326))
|
CEO
|
chief executive officer
|
CF-OCA
|
SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance,
Office of the Chief Accountant
|
CFDG
|
Corporation Finance Disclosure Guidance
|
CFO
|
chief financial officer
|
CIK
|
central index key
|
CIMA
|
Chartered Institute of Management Accountants
|
CODM
|
chief operating decision maker
|
COSO
|
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the
Treadway Commission
|
COVID-19
|
coronavirus disease 2019
|
CSR
|
corporate social responsibility
|
DC&P
|
disclosure controls and procedures
|
Dodd-Frank Act
|
Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer
Protection Act
|
DTA
|
deferred tax asset
|
EBIT
|
earnings before interest and taxes
|
EBITDA
|
earnings before interest, taxes,
depreciation, and amortization
|
EBITDAR
|
earnings before interest, taxes,
depreciation, amortization, and restructuring or rent
costs
|
EDGAR
|
SEC’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis,
and Retrieval system
|
EGC
|
emerging growth company
|
EITF
|
FASB Emerging Issues Task Force
|
EMEA
| Europe, Middle East, and Africa |
EPS
|
earnings per share
|
ERP
|
enterprise resource planning system
|
ESG
|
environmental, social, and governance
|
EU
|
European Union
|
Exchange Act
|
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
|
FAQ
|
frequently asked question
|
FASB
|
Financial Accounting Standards Board
|
FAST Act
|
Fixing America’s Surface Transportation
Act
|
FDA
|
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
|
FFO
|
funds from operations
|
FPI
|
foreign private issuer
|
FRM
|
SEC Division of Corporation Finance’s
Financial Reporting Manual
|
FRR
|
Financial Reporting Release
|
GAAP
|
generally accepted accounting principles
|
Gen AI
|
generative artificial intelligence
|
GMV
|
gross merchandise value
|
IAS
|
International Accounting Standard
|
ICFR
|
internal control over financial
reporting
|
IFRS
|
International Financial Reporting
Standard
|
IPO
|
initial public offering
|
IPR&D
|
in-process research and development
|
IRA
|
Inflation Reduction Act of 2022
|
iXBRL
|
Inline eXtensible Business Reporting
Language
|
JOBS Act
|
Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act
|
JV
|
joint venture
|
LIBOR
|
London Interbank Offered Rate
|
MBOE
|
thousand barrels of oil equivalent
|
MBS
|
mortgage-backed securities
|
MD&A
|
Management’s Discussion and Analysis
|
MMBOE
|
million barrels of oil equivalent
|
NAREIT
|
National Association of Real Estate
Investment Trusts
|
Nasdaq
|
National Association of Securities Dealers Automated
Quotations
|
NAV
|
net asset value
|
NEO
|
named executive officer
|
NOI
|
net operating income
|
OCA
|
SEC Office of the Chief Accountant
|
OCI
|
other comprehensive income
|
OIBDA
|
operating income before depreciation and
amortization
|
PaaS
|
platform as a service
|
PBE
|
public business entity
|
PCAOB
|
Public Company Accounting Oversight
Board
|
PCC
|
Private Company Council
|
PCS
|
postcontract customer support
|
PEO
|
principal executive officer
|
PU&R
|
power, utilities, and renewables
|
R&D
|
research and development
|
ROU
|
right-of-use
|
SaaS
|
software as a service
|
SAB
|
SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin
|
Sarbanes-Oxley
Act
|
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
|
SEC
|
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
|
Securities Act
|
Securities Act of 1933
|
SG&A
|
selling, general, and administrative
expense
|
SIC
|
standard industrial classification
|
SOFR
|
Secured Overnight Financing Rate
|
SPAC
|
special-purpose acquisition company
|
SRC
|
smaller reporting company
|
TDR
|
troubled debt restructuring
|
THS
|
travel, hospitality, and services
|
UTB
|
unrecognized tax benefit
|
VIE
|
variable interest entity
|
XBRL
|
eXtensible Business Reporting Language
|