IT management

IT career paths

• STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics)

  STEM is an educational approach that prepares primary and secondary students for college, graduate study and careers in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).

• chief transformation officer (CTO)

  Chief transformation officer is an executive role, often in the C-suite, that focuses on bringing about change as well as growth in revenue and profit to an organization.

• information technology (IT) director

  An information technology (IT) director is the person in charge of technology within an organization. IT directors manage technology resources and employees to ensure that IT operations run smoothly.

IT Operations

Terms related to the processes and services implemented and managed by an organization’s information technology (IT) department. Topics covered include systems management, configuration management, API management and DevOps, as well as real-time performance monitoring and management.

• non-uniform memory access (NUMA)

  Non-uniform memory access, or NUMA, is a method of configuring a cluster of microprocessors in a multiprocessing system so they can share memory locally.

• permittivity (electric permittivity)

  Permittivity (electric permittivity) is defined as the ratio of electric displacement to the electric field intensity.

• cluster

  Clusters are typically defined as collections or groups of items with similar or different characteristics.

Personal computing

Terms related to personal computers, including definitions about computers sold as consumer products and words and phrases about laptops, tablets and smartphones.

• digitization

  Digitization is the process of converting information into a digital format.

• non-interlaced display

  A non-interlaced display is a screen display in which the lines are scanned progressively from the top to the bottom of the screen.

• empirical analysis

  Empirical analysis is an evidence-based approach to the study and interpretation of information.

Project management

Terms related to project management, including definitions about project management methodologies and tools.

• fist to five (fist of five)

  Fist to five, or fist of five, is a consensus-building technique used by Agile software development teams to poll team members and come to an agreement.

• Pomodoro Technique

  The Pomodoro Technique is a time management method based on 25-minute stretches of focused work broken by five-minute breaks.

• empiricism

  Empiricism is a philosophical theory applicable in many disciplines, including science and software development, that human knowledge comes predominantly from experiences gathered through the five senses.

Technical support

Terms related to computer fundamentals, including computer hardware definitions and words and phrases about software, operating systems, peripherals and troubleshooting.

• STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics)

  STEM is an educational approach that prepares primary and secondary students for college, graduate study and careers in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).

• logical implication

  Logical implication is a type of relationship between two statements or sentences. The relation translates verbally into 'logically implies' or the logical connective 'if/then' and is symbolized by a double-lined arrow pointing toward the right (=>).

• electronic data processing (EDP)

  Electronic data processing (EDP) refers to the gathering of data using electronic devices, such as computers, servers or calculators.