Appendix 2: Glossary
- 3NF.
- Third normal form (3NF) is a database schema design approach for relational databases which uses normalizing principles to reduce the duplication of data, avoid data anomalies, ensure referential integrity, and simplify data management.
- ACID model.
- A model applied to data for atomicity, consistency, isolation, and durability.
- aggregation.
- Collecting data from various databases for the purpose of data processing or analysis.
- algorithm.
- A mathematical formula placed in software that performs analysis on a set of data.
- analytics.
- Use of statistical algorithms to derive insights from data.
- API (application program interface).
- A set of programming standards and instructions for accessing or building web-based software applications.
- big data.
- A term for data sets that is so large or complex that traditional data processing applications are inadequate to deal with them.
- business intelligence (BI).
- The general term used for the identification, extraction, and analysis of data.
- CDO.
- The senior executive who bears responsibility for the firm's enterprise-wide data.
- cloud computing.
- A broad term that refers to any internet-based application or service that is hosted remotely.
- data.
- A set of values of qualitative or quantitative variables.
- data catalog.
- An organized inventory of data assets in an organization.
- data custodian.
- The person responsible for the database structure and the technical environment, including the storage of data.
- data democratization. ...
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