Data analytics and AI
This glossary contains definitions related to customer data analytics, predictive analytics, data visualization and operational business intelligence. Some definitions explain the meaning of words used to Hadoop and other software tools used in big data analytics. Other definitions are related to the strategies that business intelligence professionals, data scientists, statisticians and data analysts use to make data-driven decisions.
Algorithms
Terms related to procedures or formulas for solving a problem by conducting a sequence of specified actions. In computing, algorithms in the form of mathematical instructions play an important part in search, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning.
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What is an initialization vector?
An initialization vector (IV) is an arbitrary number that can be used with a secret key for data encryption to foil cyber attacks.
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What is the Twofish encryption algorithm?
Twofish is a symmetric-key block cipher with a block size of 128 bits and variable-length key of size 128, 192 or 256 bits.
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What is domain generation algorithm (DGA)?
A domain generation algorithm (DGA) is a program that generates a large list of domain names. DGAs provide malware with new domains to evade security countermeasures.
Artificial intelligence
Terms related to artificial intelligence (AI), including definitions about machine learning and words and phrases about training data, algorithms, natural language processing, neural networks and automation.
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What is quantum machine learning? How it works
Quantum machine learning (QML), also called quantum-enhanced machine learning, blends the computing power of quantum systems with the increasing computing demands of evolving machine learning models.
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What is OpenAI?
OpenAI is a private research laboratory that aims to develop and direct artificial intelligence (AI) in ways that benefit humanity as a whole.
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What is intelligent document processing (IDP)?
Intelligent document processing (IDP) is a type of workflow automation technology designed to automate the process of extracting data from physical papers and image-based documents.
Data and data management
Terms related to data, including definitions about data warehousing and words and phrases about data management.
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What is a stored procedure?
A stored procedure is a set of Structured Query Language (SQL) statements that multiple programs can reuse and share to perform specific tasks.
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What is data profiling?
Data profiling refers to the process of examining, analyzing, reviewing and summarizing data sets to gain insight into the quality of data.
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What is a data lake?
A data lake is a storage repository that holds a vast amount of raw data in its native format until it is needed for analytics applications.
Database management
Terms related to databases, including definitions about relational databases and words and phrases about database management.
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What is a stored procedure?
A stored procedure is a set of Structured Query Language (SQL) statements that multiple programs can reuse and share to perform specific tasks.
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What is data profiling?
Data profiling refers to the process of examining, analyzing, reviewing and summarizing data sets to gain insight into the quality of data.
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What is Active Directory (AD)?
Active Directory (AD) is Microsoft's proprietary directory service that enables network admins to manage users, permissions and their access to networking resources.