Glossary

Authorization Request

A request initiated by a user to access a database for which he or she does not have access privileges.…

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Atomic Data

Data items containing the lowest level of detail. For example, in a daily maintenance activity report, the individual equipment used…

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Asset Management

A strategic approach to managing transportation infrastructure. Asset Management requires integrated data and information to make comprehensive decisions regarding assets.

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Archive

A collection of computer files that have been packaged together for backup, for transfer to some other location, for saving…

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Application Program Interface (API)

The specific method specified by a computer operating system or program through which a programmer can make requests to the…

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Application Integration

The process of bringing data or functions from one application together with those of another application using real-time or near…

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Application

Short for application program, which is a software program designed to perform a specific function directly for the user or,…

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Aggregate data

Data that have been combined in collective or summary form

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Virtual Simulation

Etym. virtual (adj.) The meaning “being something in essence or effect, though not actually or in fact” is from mid-15c.,…

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Virtual Reality Simulation

Etym. virtual (adj.) The meaning “being something in essence or effect, though not actually or in fact” is from mid-15c.,…

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