European Databases of Seismogenic Faults for Science and Engineering
Glossary of terms used on this site
Information Technology (IT) latu sensu related terms and acronyms
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| Creative Commons | Creative Commons is a nonprofit organization that enables the sharing and use of creativity and knowledge through free legal tools.
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| CSW |
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Catalogue Service for the Web |
| Data | Data is a set of values of qualitative or quantitative variables.
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| Data table | A data table is a collection of related data held in a structured format within a database. It consists of fields (columns) and rows.
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| Database | A database is an organized collection of data
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DB |
| Dataset | A data set (or dataset) is a collection of data
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| DBMS | DataBase Management System
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DB Management System |
| DOI | Digital Object Identifier
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| Flat file | A flat file is a database designed around a single table.
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| GIS |
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Geographic Information System |
| Interoperability | Interoperability is a characteristic of a product or system whose interfaces are completely understood to work with other products or systems at present or future in either implementation or access without any restrictions.
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| Metadata | Data about data
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| OGC | Open Geospatial Consortium
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| ORCID | Open Researcher and Contributor ID
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