Data Governance
Definition: Data Governance is the structure, policies, and processes established by an organization to oversee and manage the collection, storage, and reporting of data. The U.S. Department of Education’s definition is “Data Governance is an organizational approach to data and information ...
Data Governance
Definition: Data Governance is the structure, policies, and processes established by an organization to oversee and manage the collection, storage, and reporting of data. The U.S. Department of Education’s definition is “Data Governance is an organizational approach to data and information management ...
Big Data
Definition: Big Data refers not only to the volume of data accumulated by an agency by all its systems but also to the derived statistics, metrics, and data created from those original data. What this means: The variety of data has ...
Cloud
Definition: The Cloud has come to mean virtually any type of information storage or services accessible through the Internet. Originally, Cloud Computing referred to sharing computer resources over some type of network such as the Internet. Software as a service, renting ...
External Researcher
Definition: A person or group who conduct research, either formal or informal, using data or subjects from an organization without being official employees or agents of that organization are considered external researchers. What This Means: An organization under its Data Governance structure should ...
Transactional Software
Definition: Transaction means “as work occurs.” Transactional software applications manage day-to-day tasks, e.g., student information system, transportation system, food service application, media services system, human resources system, etc. See Transactional Data. What This Means: Transactional software applications not only make work more efficient, ...
Tree View
Definition: A tree view or an outline view is a graphical user interface approach that presents a hierarchical view of entries from a database. Each item (referred to as a branch or node) can have a number of subitems that may ...
Test Environment
Definition: A test environment is a setup of software and hardware on which the QA testing team is going to perform the testing of the newly built software product. This setup consists of the physical setup which includes hardware, and logical ...
Audit Trail
Definition: An audit trail is a chronological record, set of records, and/or source of records that provides documentation of a sequence of activities. Within software applications, an audit trail may document who and when changes and updates are made to code or data. What ...
Sandbox
Definition: A sandbox is a safe and isolated environment set up to test unverified programs, which may contain a virus or other malignant code. Alternatively, the sandbox is established to allow potential users to try out software during development or ...
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