Note: Page numbers in italic and bold refers to figures and tables, respectively.
- 3-tier architecture of distributed system 106, 110, 127
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- acceleration 263
- access control 74, 78–80, 151, 204, 330, 332
- DAC 67, 74–75, 75, 77
- MAC 67, 75–76, 76, 77, 116
- methods 67–68, 352
- RBAC 67, 74, 75, 77
- accessibility 72, 114, 239
- in education policy 144, 161, 167
- of financial data 346, 351
- of financial services 185, 321
- of Internet and mobile devices 230
- of online shopping 246–247
- accessibility in distributed systems 324, 325
- accountability in distributed systems 184, 185, 201
- action characteristics 115
- active sensors 262
- adaptive learning:
- personalized learning through 59–60
- technology 169
- Adobe Spark 31
- adoption in distributed systems 324, 325, 326, 385
- advanced analytics 49, 50, 213, 223–225
- advanced computing technologies 323
- Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs) 71
- algorithmic bias personalized recommendations 256
- allele 87
- Amazon 247
- Amazon Web Services 166
- American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPAs) 72
- analysis of variance (ANOVA) 97
- anomaly detection 215, 218, 219
- ant colony optimization (ACO) 93, 94
- anti-money laundering (AML) 326, 332
- ant lion optimizer (ALO) 96
- Apache Spark 344
- Apache web server 130
- application programming interfaces (APIs) 147, 334, 367, 380
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