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 ChatGPT Enterprise? Pricing, uses and features
ChatGPT Enterprise is OpenAI's premium version of its AI chatbot, ChatGPT.
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What is OCR (optical character recognition)?
OCR (optical character recognition) is the use of technology to distinguish printed or handwritten text characters inside digital images of physical documents, such as a scanned paper document.
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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.
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 clinical trial?
Clinical trials, also known as clinical research studies, are carefully designed investigations involving volunteer human participants to evaluate the safety, efficacy and outcomes of medical or surgical interventions.
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What is a pivot table? How to use in Excel and Sheets
A pivot table is a statistics tool that summarizes and reorganizes selected columns and rows of data in a spreadsheet or database table to obtain a desired report.
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What is data migration? Definition, strategy and best practices
Data migration is the process of transferring data between data storage systems, data formats or computer systems.
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 pivot table? How to use in Excel and Sheets
A pivot table is a statistics tool that summarizes and reorganizes selected columns and rows of data in a spreadsheet or database table to obtain a desired report.
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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.