Glossary and Terminology

modulePlatform Overview Updated 17 Oct 2026

Glossary and Terminology

Product: NEXTMEGABYTE (Greenitco ITAM) · Module: Platform Overview · Audience: All users

Use this page to understand the terms used in the portal and in this documentation. Where the portal or older documentation uses a different word for the same thing, the alias is listed.

Product and portal names

Term	Meaning	Also called
NEXTMEGABYTE	The Greenitco platform for ITAM, ITSM, ITOM and CMMS	Greenitco ITAM, ITM, ITM12, AMG (Asset Management Global)
Portal	The NEXTMEGABYTE web application your organization signs in to. Every customer has its own portal URL	AMG portal, ITM portal, application
Greenitco Technologies	The company that develops NEXTMEGABYTE	Greenitco, GreenITCo
MATI AI	The AI assistant built into the portal	AI assistant

Industry terms

Term	Meaning
ITAM	IT Asset Management: tracking IT and non-IT assets through their lifecycle
HAM	Hardware Asset Management: the hardware part of ITAM (devices, accessories, components)
SAM	Software Asset Management: licenses, installed software and compliance
ITSM	IT Service Management: the service desk (incidents, requests, problems, changes)
ITOM	IT Operations Management: discovery, patching, software deployment, monitoring and remote access
CMMS	Computerized Maintenance Management System: planned and preventive maintenance
ESM	Enterprise Service Management: service desk practices applied to non-IT teams (visitors, mailroom, facilities)
CMDB	Configuration Management Database: the record of assets and their relationships
ITIL	A widely used framework of IT service management practices
SLA	Service Level Agreement: response and resolution time targets
AMC	Annual Maintenance Contract: a maintenance agreement separate from the OEM warranty
OEM	Original Equipment Manufacturer, for example Dell, HP or Lenovo
EOL	End of Life: the number of months after which a model is considered end of life
EULA	End User License Agreement: terms a user accepts when receiving an asset
SEZ	Special Economic Zone: a regulatory status that affects depreciation, gate passes and reporting
FAR	Fixed Asset Register: the finance team's register of fixed assets
ROI	Return on Investment
PO	Purchase Order
RFID / NFC / BLE	Radio-frequency identification, near-field communication and Bluetooth Low Energy tags used to identify assets automatically
SNMP	Simple Network Management Protocol, used to discover network devices
AD / Azure AD / Intune	Microsoft Active Directory, Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD) and Microsoft Intune, used as discovery and identity sources
LDAP	Lightweight Directory Access Protocol, used for directory sign-in
2FA	Two-factor authentication
RDP	Remote Desktop Protocol
CVSS	Common Vulnerability Scoring System, used to rate patch severity

Portal terms

Term	Meaning	Also called
Device	An individually tracked asset with its own serial number and asset tag (laptop, server, printer, furniture)	Asset
Device Details	The main asset list (left menu Devices → Device Details)	Device listing, asset list
Asset tag	The unique identifier assigned to each device	Device tag, asset ID
Accessory	A quantity-tracked item issued to users, places or devices (keyboard, mouse, headset)	—
Consumable	A quantity-tracked item that is used up (toner, cables, stationery)	—
Component	A part that is installed inside a device (RAM, SSD, graphics card)	—
License	A software license with one or more seats	Licence
Check out	Assign an asset to a user, internal place or device	Assign, allocate, checkout
Check in	Return an assigned asset back to stock	Return, receive back, revoke
Internal place	An area inside a location, such as a floor, room, store or reception	Place, internal location
Stock place	The internal place where an unassigned asset is stored	Store, stock location
Status label	The lifecycle state of a device, such as Ready to Deploy or In Repair	Device status, asset status
Allocation type	How an asset is allocated, for example permanent or temporary	—
Requestable device	A device that users can request through self-service	—
Network inventory (NI)	Hardware and software data collected by discovery agents and scans	Network discovery, auto-discovery
Config	The configuration area opened from the cog icon in the top header	Configuration, settings
Super Admin	The highest administrative role, with access to all companies	—
Bulk import / update / delete	Excel-based operations that create, change or remove many records at once	Bulk upload