Archives: Glossary Terms

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Back-Up

  Definition: Databases must be backed up to duplicate data for disaster prevention and recovery purposes. What This Means: Business continuation planning requires that data

Balanced Scorecard

  Definition: Balanced Scorecard is a strategic management approach developed in the 1990's by Robert Kaplan and David Norton with four perspectives to view

Bandwidth

  Definition: The capacity of a network or data connection to transmit data. Need another definition?      

Batch

  Definition: A group of similar items produced, processed, or gathered together and treated as a single unit. What This Means: Tasks performed by a

Beta Testing

  Definition: Testing an application in the phase just before it is placed into production. What This Means: Beta testing is not performed until an

Big Data

  Definition: Big Data refers not only to the volume of data accumulated by an agency by all its systems but also to

BIOS

  Definition: Basic Input/Output System. Need another definition?    

Blog

  Definition: A blog is a web site that contains text entries in reverse chronological order (most recent first) about a particular topic. What This