Construction Drawing Abbreviations. The following is a list of abbreviations found on a typical set of construction drawings designed to help you interpret information on your blueprints.
IDMS. IDMS is primarily a network database management system for mainframes. It was first developed at B.F. Goodrich and later marketed by Cullinane Database Systems. Since 1989 the product has been owned by Computer Associates, who renamed it Advantage CA-IDMS and later simply to CA IDMS.
Edit. A database management system (DBMS) is computer software designed for the purpose of managing databases. DBMSes may use any of a variety of data models, such as the network model or relational model.he role of a DBMS in a larger system is to allow other software, or users, to store and retrieve data in a structured way. A Database management system is a software that defines a database, stores the data, supports a query language, produces reports, and create data entry screens.