voc_u1 Flashcards

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What is a data lake?

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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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What does ‘off the shelf’ mean?

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

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What is a proxy?

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Gateway between you and the Internet.

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What is a query?

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Keywords used to look for data.

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What is a policy?

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Guidelines that have been officially agreed by a group of people.

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What does it mean to upgrade?

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

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What does it mean to add?

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To put two or more numbers or amounts together to get a result.

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What does it mean to design?

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To make or draw plans for something.

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What does it mean to evaluate?

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

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What does it mean to find out?

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To discover something, either unexpectedly or by searching.

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What does it mean to diagnose?

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

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What does it mean to analyze?

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To study something in a systematic and careful way.

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What does it mean to understand?

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To know why or how something happens or works.

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What does it mean to repair?

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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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What does it mean to update?

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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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What does it mean to determine?

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

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What does it mean to collaborate?

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

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What does it mean to implement?

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To start using a plan or system.

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What does it mean to test?

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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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What does it mean to plan?

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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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What does it mean to install?

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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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What does it mean to train?

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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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What is a white-collar worker/clerk?

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Someone who has a desk job at an office.

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What does it mean to troubleshoot?

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To solve a problem or to identify and determine the problem with something. Troubleshooting often involves the process of elimination, where a technician follows a set of steps to determine/resolve the problem.

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What does BSc stand for?
Bachelor of Science.
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What does MSc stand for?
Master of Science.
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What is governance?
The way that organizations or countries are managed at the highest level, and the systems for doing this.
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What does pragmatic mean?
Solving problems in a sensible way that suits the current existing conditions, rather than obeying fixed theories, ideas or rules.
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What is a stakeholder?
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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What does it mean to enroll at/in?
To put yourself or someone else onto the official list of members of a course, college or group.
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What are tuition fees?
Money that a student pays to a university for his/her teaching.
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What is the cutting edge?
The most up-to-date stage of development in a particular type of work or activity.
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What does ad hoc mean?
Not planned before it happened.
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What is an actuary?
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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What is a graduate?
A person who has obtained a first degree from university or college.
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What is an undergraduate?
A student who is studying for their first degree at a college or university.
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What does major (AmE) refer to?
The main subject that a college or university student is studying or the student him-/herself.
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What is breadcrumb navigation?
The way in which someone finds their way around a website using breadcrumbs or links to previous pages visited.
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What does back-end refer to?
Relating to the part of a computer program or system that the user does not see or use.
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What is an electronic footprint?
When you send a mail or use a credit card, this shows where you have been and what you have been doing.
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What does STEM stand for?
Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (subjects of study).