Disaster Prevention and Recovery
Definition: The disaster prevention and recovery plan details how technology services will be rebuilt or repaired after a disaster. What This Means: A disaster prevention and recovery plan in an educational setting is necessary to mitigate the negative effect of not having ...
Directory Service
Definition: A directory service is a shared information infrastructure for locating, managing, administering, and organizing common items and network resources, which can include volumes, folders, files, printers, users, groups, devices, telephone numbers and other objects. What This Means: For educators, the directory ...
Dictionary Element
Definition: Dictionary Element is a display area to display list of Element Names for selection. What This Means: A term that is functional for users of ESP's metadata dictionary tool, called DataSpecs. DataSpecs is used when developing an education agency's data dictionary. Need ...
Detail Level
Definition: Detail Level is the lowest level of detail at which the data are collected. Examples include: County, Course, District, Individual, Other, Program, Region, School, or State. The choices for this list can be edited in the System Options table. What This ...
Default Value
Definition: The default value of the data, if there is one. What This Means: A term that is functional for users of ESP's metadata dictionary tool, called DataSpecs. DataSpecs is used when developing an education agency's data dictionary. Need another definition?
Decision Dupport System
Definition: An information system that provides data to decision makers in a timely and usable manner. What This Means: Data-driven decision making (D3M) in education must be supported by an information system that collects, stores, analyzes, and provides (reports) the data at ...
DBMS (Database Management System)
Definition: The database management system controls the organization, storage, retrieval, security, and integrity of data in a database. What This Means: The database management system is the key to the administration and use of a data store. The major DBMS vendors are ...
DBA (Database Administrator)
Definition: The person responsible for the physical design and management of a database and for the database management system (DBMS) that manages it. What This Means: Be very nice to the DBA. This is the person who ensures that the database and ...
508 Compliance
Definition: Standards that allow disabled persons to use software applications. What This Means: In 1998 the US Congress amended the Rehabilitation Act to require Federal agencies to make their electronic and information technology accessible to people with disabilities. Inaccessible technology interferes ...
ZIS
Definition: A Zone Integration Server (ZIS) is software that controls communication between agents. Its primary responsibility is to route messages, control access, and enforce security in the zone. What This Means: The Zone Integration Server (ZIS) manages the communication and security with ...
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