Data Analytics E - L Flashcards
Economic Constraint
A limitation imposed by time or finances
Effective
A solution that performs as intended
Efficient
A solution that saves time, cost and effort
electronic validation
a databases ability to detect limited types of errors in data that have been keyed, such as incorrect numbers entered for a postcode or certain boxes being empty, and then notify the data-entry operator of the error
Encryption
Encoding or changing data so if the data was read by an unauthorized user they would not be able to understand the data
Entity
A single person / place / or thing about which data can be stored
Ethernet protocol
A set of rules about how data is communicated in wired networks
Ethics
The principles of right and wrong, which are accepted byu an individual or a social group; ethical behaviour often guides policy-maklers within organisations
Evaluation
Assessing whether a solution achieves the goals for which it was originally designed; not the same as testing!
Evaluation Crtieria
Rules set out during design that include effectiveness and efficiency criteria; based on the SOLUTION REQUIREMNTS that were defined during analysis
Event-based threat
A threat to data or an information system that is a result of a natural event; this can include fires, floods, storms, etc.
Existence check
A validation that ensures a field has data entered into it
Fair Test
Changing only one factor at a time in a test, and keeping all the other conditions the same
Fibre-Optic Cabling
A wired transmission media containing shards of glass that reflect pulses of light generated by small lasers or LED’s
Field
An item of data in a database; the same field for a series of records will contain the same data type
Filter
A process that only displays records that meet the set criteria
Firewall
Software that monitors all incoming and outgoing internet traffic to and from a LAN; a firewall examines the contents of each data packet and determines if the data packet should be allowed access to the LAN
1st Normal Form (1NF)
A table with no repeating groups. No single row has a column containing more than one value or more than one column with the same kind of value.
Flat File Database
A database that stores data in tables consisting of rows and columns; also called a single table database
Flow Visualisation
representing data that illustrates the flow pattern of an object or item
Foreign Key
A common linking field; a key in a database defined in a second that that refers to a primary key in the first
form
A window with input fields into which a user enters and submits data for processing. Forms replace paper based forms, and have features like checkboxes, radio buttons, text fields, mandatory fields, sign up forms, online purchases, etc.
format
How something is displayed (using a table or chart, etc); arranging the look / presentation of an object
frequency distribution table
A table that summarizes values and frequency in two columns
Full backup
Backing up all of an organisations data and information at on time
Functional Requirement
Directly related to what the solution will do