Glossary
Glossary
- acyclic
A graph without a cycle.
- allocator
A process that allocates resources.
- application programming interface (API)
A set of definitions that enable one piece of software to communicate with another.
- authenticator
A process that performs authentication.
- backend
Software running on a server that is not directly accessed by a user.
- bitwise
An operation that modifies the individual bits of binary numeral.
- choropleth
A map with areas shaded in proportion to a statistical variable. Also known as a regionmap.
- comention
A pair of data items occurring together.
- datasource
A connection to a database.
- decrypt
To convert encrypted data to plain text.
- deserialization
Creating an object from structured data.
- formatter
A process that performs formatting.
- geohash
An alphanumeric string that encodes a geographic location.
- geopoint
A geographic location, typically expressed in latitude and longitude.
- heatmap
A graphical data display using colors to represent individual values.
- heteroscedastic
The property of a variable whose variability is unequal across the range of values predicted by a second variable.
- hostname
A domain name that can be translated into an IP address.
- iframe
A frame used to place one HTML document inside another.
- jitter
Deviation from standard distribution.
- keystore
A repository of security certificates. See truststore.
- partitioner
A process that performs partitioning.
- picosecond
One thousandth of a nanosecond.
- regionmap
A map with areas shaded in proportion to a statistical variable. Also known as a choropleth map.
- rollup
An index of preselected fields.
- templated
The property of having a preset format.
- templating
Applying a template. See templated.
- tilemap
A geographic map overlaid with circles keyed to data specified in buckets.
- truststore
A repository of certificates issued by Certificate Authorities. See keystore.
- truthy
A value that returns
true
when treated as a Boolean value.- unescaped
Used to describe raw values that have not been encoded to avoid ambiguity.
- validator
A process that performs validation.