Clab

Data lake

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

Off the shelf

Something taken from something that already exists

Proxy

Gateway between you and the Internet

Query

Keywords you use to look for data

Policy

Officially agreed guidelines

To upgrade

Improve quality or replace with something newer

To add

Put numbers together to get a total

To design

Make or draw plans

To evaluate

Judge or calculate quality or importance

To find out

Discover by searching

To diagnose

Recognize and name the exact character of something

To analyze

Study something systematically

To understand

Know why or how something works

To repair

Fix something broken

To update

Make something more modern

To determine

Decide or influence what will happen

To collaborate

Work with someone on a project

To implement

Start using a plan or system

To test

Check if something works correctly

To plan

Decide what, how, when you will do something

To install

Put equipment in place and make it ready

To train

Prepare someone by teaching skills

White collar worker / clerk

Office worker

To troubleshoot

Solve a problem using elimination steps

BSc

Bachelor of Science

MSc

Master of Science

Governance

How organizations are managed at the highest level

Pragmatic

Solving problems in a practical way

Stakeholder

Person involved with an organization and interested in its success

Enroll at/in

Register for a course or group

Tuition fees

Money paid for university teaching

The cutting edge

Most advanced stage of development

Ad hoc

Not planned beforehand

Actuary

Person who calculates risks for insurance companies

Graduate

Person who obtained a first degree

Undergraduate

Student studying for their first degree

Major (AmE)

Main subject a student studies

Breadcrumb navigation

Website navigation using previous page links

Back end

Part of a system the user does not see

Electronic footprint

Digital trace of your actions

STEM

Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics

Code

Text written in a programming language

Programming

Writing instructions for a computer

Routine

Function/procedure executed in a program

Trackpad

Touchpad on a laptop

Novice

Someone inexperienced

To run a program

Execute a program

Debugging

Removing bugs from a program

Define (a function)

Figure out the problem details

Input

Something put into a system

Algorithm

Mathematical instructions to solve a problem

Iteration

Repeating code until a condition changes

Parentheses

Brackets around words or phrases

Decomposition

Breaking code into smaller parts

To execute

Make a program run

Bridge code

System mapping behavior between languages

Library

Collection of reusable code

Contributor

Person/company helping another achieve a goal

Module

Independently created piece of code

Syntax

Character structure a computer interprets

Ecosystem

Collection of co-evolving software projects

Prototype

Early version of a product

Test bench

Environment to verify a design

Stub

Temporary placeholder function

Motion

Proposal discussed at a meeting

Seconder

Person supporting a motion

Mover

Person speaking for a motion

Opposer

Person speaking against a motion

Dropped motion

Motion not seconded

Amendment

Proposal to modify a motion

Resolution

Motion that has been carried

AOB

Any other business

Chair(person)

Person in charge of a meeting

To adjourn

Pause a formal meeting

Edge case

Problem occurring at extreme values

Hotfix

Quick code fix for a major bug

Patch

Program added to fix another program

Plug in

Small program adding features

Abandonware

Unsupported software

To allocate

Reserve a resource

Array

Group of related data values

Automated unit testing

Rigorous testing of code units

Concurrency

Multiple events in overlapping time frames

Obfuscation

Making code intentionally complex

Run time

When a program is running

Router

Device that forwards packets to another network

Switch

Device that filters and forwards packets

To map something out

Plan something in detail

To configure

Set up a device in a specific way

Ring topology

Circular data path network

Mesh topology

All devices interconnected

Hub

Basic device connecting multiple computers

Backbone

Main high-speed network segment

Bandwidth

Maximum transfer rate

Bottleneck

Too much data slows a system

Convergence

Things coming together

To pledge

Make a formal promise

Exemption

Permission not to do/pay something

Colocation facilities

Data centers renting space and power

Mainframe

Large computer for bulk processing