glossary 01 v1

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A centralized repository that allows you to store all your structured and unstructured data at any scale

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data lake

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Bachelor of Science

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BSc

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To control or influence something directly, or to decide what will happen

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to determine

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Solving problems in a sensible way that suits the current existing conditions, rather than obeying fixed theories, ideas or rules

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pragmatic

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To recognize and name the exact character of something, by examining it

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to diagnose

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To make something more modern or suitable for use now by adding new information or changing its design

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to update

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Keywords you use to look for data

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query

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To improve the quality or usefulness of something, or change it for something newer or of a better standard

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to upgrade

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To put two or more numbers or amounts together to get a total

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to add

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The most up-to-date stage of development in a particular type of work or activity

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the cutting edge

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A person such as an employee, customer, or citizen who is involved with an organization, society, etc. and therefore has responsibilities towards it and an interest in its success

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stakeholder

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Guideline(s) that have been officially agreed by a group of people

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policy

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BSc

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Bachelor of Science

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Master of Science

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MSc

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to put yourself or someone else onto the official list of members of a course, college, or group

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to enroll at/in

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A person who has obtained a first degree from a university or college

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graduate

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To put something that is damaged, broken, or not working correctly, back into good condition or make it work again

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to repair

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To do something in order to discover if something is safe, works correctly, etc., or if something is present

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to test

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The main subject that a college or university student is studying, or the student himself or herself

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major (AmE)

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Someone who has a desk job at an office

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white-collar worker/ clerk

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STEM

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Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (as subjects of study)

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To make or draw plans for something

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to design

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To put furniture, a machine, or a piece of equipment into position and make it ready to use

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to install

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Something that is taken from something that already exists, instead of something you have created yourself

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off the shelf

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To judge or calculate the quality, importance, amount, or value of something

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to evaluate

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Gateway between you and the Internet

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proxy

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The way that organizations or countries are managed at the highest level, and the systems for doing this. A controlling influence on something

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governance

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MSc

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Master of Science

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A student who is studying for their first degree at a college or university

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undergraduate

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To prepare someone or yourself for a job, activity, or sport, by learning skills and/or by mental or physical exercise

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to train

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To think about and decide what you are going to do, and/or how, when, where etc. you are going to do it

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to plan

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The way in which someone finds their way around a website using breadcrumbs or links to previous pages visited

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breadcrumb navigation

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Not planned before it happened

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ad hoc

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A person who calculates how likely accidents, such as fire, flood, or loss of property, are to happen, and tells insurance companies how much they should charge their customers

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actuary

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To study something in a systematic and careful way

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to analyze

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When you send a mail or use a credit card, this shows you where you have been and what you have been doing

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electronic footprint

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To work with someone else for a special purpose or on a particular project

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to collaborate

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To solve a problem or to identify and determine the problem with something.

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to troubleshoot

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Money that a student pays to a university for his/her teaching

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tuition fees

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To know why or how something happens or works

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to understand

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Relating to the part of a computer program or system that the user does not see or use

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back-end

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To discover, either unexpectedly or by searching

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to find out

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To start using a plan or system

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to implement