(1)
Short for acceptable use policy. Also known as TOS (Terms of Service). A contract specifying what a subscriber can and cannot do while using an ISP's service. Contains things like liability disclaimers, lists of actions or behavior that will result in the termination of a customers account, definition of terms such as "unlimited use," billing policies, SPAM clauses, etc.
(2) Short for Agile Unified Process, a
simplified version of the Rational Unified Process (RUP). It describes a simple,
easy to understand approach to developing business application software using
agile techniques and concepts yet still remaining true to the RUP.
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The Agile Unified Process (AUP) The first thing that you'll notice is that the disciplines have changed. First, the Model discipline encompasses the RUP's Business Modeling, Requirements, and Analysis & Design disciplines. Model is an important part of the AUP, as you can see, but it doesn't dominate the process -- you want to stay agile by creating models and documents which are just barely good enough.
