Glossary Guide

Workflow Management

Based on the concept that business processes are actually sets of tasks done in a prescribed order (workflow) that combines…

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Visual Programming Language

A programming language that uses, partially or entirely, visual representations such as graphics, icons, drawings, and animation. A visual language…

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Very large database (VLDB)

Sometimes used to describe databases occupying magnetic storage in the terabyte (1 trillion bytes) range and containing billions of table…

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Versioning

The maintenance and storage of previous copies of a piece of information for security, diagnostics, and other interests. Versioning also…

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Use Case Analysis

A methodology used in systems analysis to identify, explain, and organize system requirements. It is made up of a set…

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Unified Modeling Language (UML)

A standard analysis and design language created to assist in modeling complex software systems by using a common object-oriented notation.…

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Target Database

The database in which data will be loaded or inserted.

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System Administrator

An individual responsible for maintaining a multiuser computer system such as a computer network. The duties of the system administrator…

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Structured Query Language (SQL)

A standardized language for querying information from a database. SQL was first introduced as a commercial database system in 1979…

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Stored Procedure

A set of structured query language (SQL) statements (see definition of structured query language) that is stored in the database…

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