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botnet
a network of computers that have been compromised and put under the control of a hacker called botmaster.
data warehouse
a repository of historical data that are organized by subject to support decision makers in the organization.
functional dependencies
means of expressing that the value of one particular attribute is associate with a specific single value of another attribute.
unified communication
simplifies and integrates all forms of communication on a common hardware and software platform.
business continuity
the chain of events linking planning to protection and to recovery.
data mart
low cost scaled down version of a data warehouse that is designed for the end user needs in a strategic business unit or an individual department.
attribute
each characteristic or quality of a specific entity.
workflow
the movement of information as it progresses through the sequence of steps that make an organizations work procedures.
certificate authority
a third party that act as a trusted intermediary between computers (and companies) by issuing digital certificates and verifying the worth and integrity of the certificates.
explicit knowledge
deals with more objective, rational, and technical knowledge.
bit
a binary digit that is a 1 or 0.
workgroup
refers specifically to two or more individuals who act together to perform some task.
controls
defense mechanisms (also called countermeasures).
tacit knowledge
the cumulative store of subjective or experiential learning.
byte
a group of eight bitt that represent a single character.
collaboration
efforts by two or more entities who work together to accomplish certain tasks.
copyright
a grant that provides the creator of intellectual property with ownership of it for a specified time.
normalization
a method for analyzing and reducing a relational database to it's most streamlined form to ensure minimum redundancy, maximum data integrity and optimal processing performance.
connectivity
describes the classification of a relationship:
on-to-one, one-to-many, many-to-many.
crowdsourcing
a type of collaboration in which an organization outsources a task to an undefined, generally large group of people in the form of an open call.