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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gradient descent
Gradient descent is an optimization algorithm that refines a machine learning (ML) model's parameters to create a more accurate model.
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Consensus Algorithm
A consensus algorithm is a process in computer science used to achieve agreement on a single data value among distributed processes or systems.
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data literacy
Data literacy is the ability to derive meaningful information from data, just as literacy in general is the ability to derive information from the written word.
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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gradient descent
Gradient descent is an optimization algorithm that refines a machine learning (ML) model's parameters to create a more accurate model.
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AI PC
An AI PC is a personal computer equipped with hardware and software components to run artificial intelligence (AI) applications and tasks.
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Consensus Algorithm
A consensus algorithm is a process in computer science used to achieve agreement on a single data value among distributed processes or systems.
Data and data management
Terms related to data, including definitions about data warehousing and words and phrases about data management.
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data marketplace (data market)
A data marketplace, or data market, is an online store where people can buy data.
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gradient descent
Gradient descent is an optimization algorithm that refines a machine learning (ML) model's parameters to create a more accurate model.
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Consensus Algorithm
A consensus algorithm is a process in computer science used to achieve agreement on a single data value among distributed processes or systems.
Database management
Terms related to databases, including definitions about relational databases and words and phrases about database management.
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ISAM (Indexed Sequential Access Method)
ISAM (Indexed Sequential Access Method) is a file management system developed at IBM that enables records to be accessed either sequentially, in the order they were entered or randomly with an index.
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data structure
A data structure is a specialized format for organizing, processing, retrieving and storing data.
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Open Database Connectivity (ODBC)
Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) is an open standard application programming interface (API) that allows application programmers to easily access data stored in a database.