noun

LMS

el-em-ES

LMS (noun) means a learning management system: software used by schools, universities and companies to host courses, set assignments, track progress and deliver online training. Moodle, Canvas and Blackboard are examples. Example: “All the lecture slides are on the LMS.”

noun

A learning management system: software used by schools, universities and companies to host courses, set assignments, track progress and deliver online training. Moodle, Canvas and Blackboard are examples.

"All the lecture slides are on the LMS."

"The company rolled out a new LMS for compliance training."

abbreviation

slang Like my status, posted on social media to invite people to tap like, usually in return for a compliment, a rating or a piece of information about themselves.

"LMS for a paragraph about how we met."

"She posted LMS for a rate and got sixty replies."

technical In statistics and signal processing, least mean squares, an algorithm for fitting or filtering by minimising squared error.

"The filter uses an LMS adaptive algorithm."

How to Use LMS

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishEither "like my status" in a social post, or the software a school uses for online courses.

When to use it

Context separates the senses cleanly. On a personal feed it means like my status; in education or workplace training it means learning management system.

Memory tip

A VLE, virtual learning environment, is the usual British term for the same software an American would call an LMS.

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Easily confused with

LMS → VLE CMS → LMK →

Common pairings

LMS for a rate upload to the LMS LMS platform LMS login

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All the lecture slides are on the _____.

Etymology

An initialism, expanded differently in each sense: like my status, learning management system, or least mean squares.

Origin: English

Synonyms

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learning platform course management system VLE

Rhymes for LMS

alms Elms Palms Psalms

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Frequently Asked Questions

What does LMS mean in a text or on Instagram?

It means like my status. The poster is asking friends to tap like, and in return they will send something back such as a compliment, a rating out of ten or a memory of the person.

What is the difference between an LMS and a CMS?

An LMS delivers and tracks learning: courses, quizzes, enrolments and completion records. A CMS, content management system, simply stores and publishes web content and has no concept of learners or progress.