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 artificial intelligence (AI)? Everything you need to know
Artificial intelligence is the simulation of human intelligence processes by machines, especially computer systems.
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data analytics (DA)
Data analytics (DA) is the process of examining data sets to find trends and draw conclusions about the information they contain.
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edge analytics
Edge analytics is an approach to data collection and analysis in which an automated analytical computation is performed on data at a sensor, network switch or other device instead of waiting for the data to be sent back to a centralized data store.
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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data classification
Data classification is the process of organizing data into categories that make it easy to retrieve, sort and store for future use.
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What is artificial intelligence (AI)? Everything you need to know
Artificial intelligence is the simulation of human intelligence processes by machines, especially computer systems.
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large language models (LLMs)
A large language model (LLM) is a type of artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm that uses deep learning techniques and massively large data sets to understand, summarize, generate and predict new content.
Data and data management
Terms related to data, including definitions about data warehousing and words and phrases about data management.
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knowledge management (KM)
Knowledge management is the process an enterprise uses to gather, organize, share and analyze its knowledge in a way that's easily accessible to employees.
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denormalization
Denormalization is the process of adding precomputed redundant data to an otherwise normalized relational database to improve read performance.
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business continuity
Business continuity is an organization's ability to maintain critical business functions during and after a disaster has occurred.
Database management
Terms related to databases, including definitions about relational databases and words and phrases about database management.
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knowledge management (KM)
Knowledge management is the process an enterprise uses to gather, organize, share and analyze its knowledge in a way that's easily accessible to employees.
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denormalization
Denormalization is the process of adding precomputed redundant data to an otherwise normalized relational database to improve read performance.
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query
A query is a question or a request for information expressed in a formal manner.