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- What is black box AI? - Black box AI is any artificial intelligence system whose inputs and operations aren't visible to the user or another interested party.
- What is black box testing? - Black box testing assesses a system solely from the outside, without the operator or tester knowing what's happening within the system to generate responses to test actions.
- What is blockchain? Definition, examples and how it works - Blockchain is a distributed ledger technology (DLT) that's shared across a network of computers to keep a digital record of transactions.
- What is Blowfish? - Blowfish is a variable-length, symmetric, 64-bit block cipher.
- What is blue/green deployment? - A blue/green deployment is a change management strategy for releasing software code.
- What is Bluesky? - Bluesky is an open source social media platform -- similar to X, formerly Twitter -- allowing users to create posts with a 300-character limit, which can include text, photos or videos.
- What is Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)? - BGP (Border Gateway Protocol) is the protocol that enables the internet's global routing system.
- What is brain-computer interface (BCI)? - Brain-computer interface (BCI) is a device that translates signals in the brain to control some external activity.
- What is brand recognition? - Brand recognition is the extent to which a consumer can correctly identify a particular product or service just by viewing the product or service's logo, tagline, packaging or advertising campaign.
- What is business intelligence (BI)? A detailed guide - Business intelligence, or BI, is a technology-driven data analysis process that helps an organization's executives, managers and workers make informed business decisions.
- What is business intelligence architecture (BI architecture)? - A business intelligence architecture is a framework for the various technologies an organization deploys to run business intelligence and analytics applications.
- What is business process management? A guide to BPM - Business process management (BPM) is a structured approach to improving the processes organizations use to get work done, serve their customers and generate business value.
- What is business process modeling? - Business process modeling, often called process modeling, is the graphical representation or illustration of an organization's business processes.
- What is business sustainability? - Business sustainability, also known as corporate sustainability, is the management of environmental, social and financial concerns by a company to ensure responsible, ethical and ongoing success.
- What is business transformation? - Business transformation refers to fundamental changes in an organization’s operations, strategy or structure to improve efficiency, competitiveness and financial performance.
- What is the blue screen of death (BSOD)? - The blue screen of death (BSOD) -- also known as a stop error screen, blue screen error, fatal error or bugcheck -- is a critical error screen that can be displayed by Microsoft Windows operating systems (OSes).
- What is the bullwhip effect? - The bullwhip effect is a supply chain phenomenon describing how small fluctuations in demand at the retail level can cause progressively larger fluctuations in demand at the wholesale, distributor, manufacturer and raw material supplier levels.