Glossary

Cambridge Student Information System (CamSIS)
The University's comprehensive system for handling student information.
Cambridge Human Resources Information System (CHRIS)
The University's Human Resources (HR) system.
HEAT
The University Information Services (UIS) support management system.
Jackdaw
The University Information Services (UIS) administrative database.
Lookup
A directory with info about people known to Cambridge University and its affiliates.
Raven
The University of Cambridge's central web authentication service.
Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS)
A charity connecting people to higher education.
The University Computing Service (UCS)
The UCS development group wrote services, some still in use. As the UCS and its dev group no longer exist, running these has been transferred to DevOps.
University Information Services (UIS)
The central IT department of the University of Cambridge.