EVM

Abbreviation with 2 meanings

EVM
Stands forEthereum Virtual Machine
Meanings2
CategoriesTechnology & Computing, Business & Finance

EVM has two meanings. It stands for Ethereum Virtual Machine (cryptocurrency & blockchain) or Earned value management (project management).

Meanings of EVM at a glance

#EVM stands forContext
1Ethereum Virtual MachineTechnology & Computing › Cryptocurrency & Blockchain
2Earned value managementBusiness & Finance › Project Management

1. Ethereum Virtual Machine

Technology & Computing · Cryptocurrency & Blockchain Abbreviations

The runtime environment that executes smart contracts on Ethereum, processing bytecode on every node and charging gas for each operation. Many other blockchains are "EVM-compatible", so the same contracts and wallets work across them.

Example: Because the chain is EVM-compatible, we deployed the same Solidity contracts unchanged.

Specified in Gavin Wood's Ethereum Yellow Paper (2014). Contracts are usually written in Solidity or Vyper and compiled to EVM bytecode. Compatibility helped networks such as BNB Smart Chain, Avalanche's C-Chain and Polygon attract Ethereum developers. In elections, EVM means electronic voting machine, notably in India.

2. Earned value management

Business & Finance · Project Management Abbreviations

Project control method that integrates scope, schedule and cost by comparing the value of work actually completed with the work planned and the money spent, giving early warning of overruns.

Example: EVM showed the program was 12% over budget long before the final invoices arrived.

EVM is required on large US government contracts and follows the industry standard EIA-748. Its core measures are planned value, earned value and actual cost, from which variances and performance indexes are derived.

More cryptocurrency & blockchain abbreviations

  • ERC-20 – Ethereum Request for Comments 20
  • ERC-721 – Ethereum Request for Comments 721
  • ETC – Ethereum Classic
  • ETH – Ether
  • FDV – Fully diluted valuation
  • FUD – Fear, uncertainty and doubt
  • Gwei – Gigawei
  • HD – Hierarchical deterministic (wallet)

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More project management abbreviations

  • DSDM – Dynamic Systems Development Method
  • EAC – Estimate at completion
  • EV – Earned value
  • FF – Finish-to-finish
  • FFP – Firm-fixed-price
  • FS – Finish-to-start
  • LOE – Level of effort
  • MoSCoW – Must have, should have, could have, won't have

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