The following glossary of terms relate specifically to Business Continuity.  

We currently are developing a great module that will hold our glossory such as below:-

Terms in conjunction with BSI 25999 (draft paper)

Activation
The implementation of recovery procedures, activities and plans in response to an emergency or disaster declaration.

Activity
Process or set of processes undertaken by an organization (or on its behalf) that produces or supports one or more products or services, for example, accounts, call centre, IT, manufacture, distribution. This is similar to function

Alternative site
An alternative operating location for the usual business functions (i.e. support departments, information systems and manufacturing operations) when the primary facilities are inaccessible. (Associated term: back up site)

Alert
A formal notification that an incident has occurred which may develop into a disaster.