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 a UUID (Universally Unique Identifier)?
A UUID (Universal Unique Identifier) is a 128-bit value used to uniquely identify an object or entity on the internet.
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What is fuzzy logic?
Fuzzy logic is an approach to computing based on degrees of truth rather than the usual true or false -- 1 or 0 -- Boolean logic on which the modern computer is based.
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What is prediction error?
A prediction error is the failure of a model of a system to accurately forecast outcomes.
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 fuzzy logic?
Fuzzy logic is an approach to computing based on degrees of truth rather than the usual true or false -- 1 or 0 -- Boolean logic on which the modern computer is based.
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What is the artificial intelligence of things (AIoT)?
The artificial intelligence of things (AIoT) is the combination of AI technologies and the internet of things (IoT) infrastructure.
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What are oversampling and undersampling?
Oversampling and undersampling are techniques used in data analytics and statistics to modify unequal data classes to create balanced data sets.
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 RHIA (Registered Health Information Administrator)?
A registered health information administrator (RHIA) is a certified professional who oversees the creation and use of electronic health records (EHRs).
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What is Allscripts?
Allscripts is a former vendor of electronic health record (EHR) systems and healthcare IT solutions, primarily serving physician practices, hospitals, and healthcare systems.
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What is data quality and why is it important?
Data quality measures a data set's condition based on factors such as accuracy, completeness, consistency, timeliness, uniqueness and validity.
Database management
Terms related to databases, including definitions about relational databases and words and phrases about database management.
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What is Microsoft SSIS (SQL Server Integration Services)?
Microsoft Structured Query Language (SQL) Server Integration Services (SSIS) is an enterprise platform for setting up data integrations and data transformations.
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What is data quality and why is it important?
Data quality measures a data set's condition based on factors such as accuracy, completeness, consistency, timeliness, uniqueness and validity.
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What is PL/SQL (Procedural Language/Structured Query Language)?
In Oracle database management, PL/SQL is a procedural language extension to Structured Query Language (SQL).