Digital Literacy

Question 1

Automation

Workflows

Answer 1

The sequence of industrial, administrative, or other processes through which a piece of work passes from initiation to completion.

Question 2

Automation

Robotic Process Automation (RPA)

Answer 2

A term used for software tools that partially or fully automate human activities that are manual, rule-based, and repetitive.

Question 3

Automation

Augmented Reality

Answer 3

Applying digital images or data in the form of text, graphics, audio, and other virtual enhancements, and integrating them into real world objects.

Question 4

Automation

Bots

Answer 4

Short form for ‘robots’. It is a software application that runs automated tasks.

Question 5

Automation

Business Process Automation

Answer 5

The use of technology to automate complex business processes, such as accounting, sales, or insurance claims processing and typically means redesigning workflows to be smarter and integrating transactional processes that run on software applications throughout the organization.

Question 6

Automation

Fragmented Approach

Answer 6

An approach where you find more and more things to automate in processes with continuous testing.

Question 7

Automation

Geo-spatial Analytics

Answer 7

The gathering, manipulating, and displaying of geographic information system (GIS) data and imagery including GPS and satellite photography and data.

Question 8

Automation

Hyperautomation

Answer 8

The application of advanced automation technologies to increase the effectiveness of their workers, and to automate processes in more significant ways than traditional automation allows.

Question 9

Automation

Intelligent Enterprise

Answer 9

The sum of all the relevant information that is available in an organization, along with an organization’s ability to extract value from all that data using the latest technology and make real time decisions based on these insights.

Question 10

Automation

Self-Heals

Answer 10

A system that has the ability to perceive what is not operating correctly and, without external assistance, make the necessary adjustments to restore itself to normal operation.

Question 11

Data

Big Data

Answer 11

A massive data set created by digital technology systems.

Question 12

Data

Business Intelligence

Answer 12

The applications, infrastructure, tools, and best practices that enable access to and analysis of information to improve and optimize decision-making and performance.

Question 13

Data

Business Reporting

Answer 13

Business reporting refers to both “the public reporting of operating and financial data by a business enterprise,” and “the regular provision of information to decision-makers within an organization to support them in their work.”

Question 14

Data

Data Analytics

Answer 14

Data analytics is the science of analyzing raw data to make conclusions about that information.

Question 15

Data

Data Engineering

Answer 15

Data engineering is the aspect of data science that focuses on practical applications of data collection and analysis.

Question 16

Data

Data Governance

Answer 16

Data governance is when a company creates and enforces a set of actions, rules, and policies regarding its data and is the continuous process of securing high-quality data, including the structure, policies, and processes used to ensure effective and balanced decision making and accountability of business data

Question 17

Data

Data Modeling

Answer 17

Data modeling in software engineering is the process of creating a data model for an information system by applying certain formal techniques.

Question 18

Data

Predictive Analytics

Answer 18

Predictive analytics is the use of data, statistical algorithms and machine learning techniques to identify the likelihood of future outcomes based on historical data.

Question 19

Data

Data Fabric

Answer 19

A design concept that serves as an integrated layer (fabric) of data and connecting processes. Amgen’s Enterprise Data Fabric (EDF) unleashes the power of data by taking siloed data and mapping it into domains that enable cross-functional sharing.

Question 20

Data

Data Lake

Answer 20

A centralized repository of raw, unstructured data, most commonly implemented on a cloud-based storage platform.

Question 21

Data

Data Visualization

Answer 21

Data visualization is the graphical representation of information and data.

Question 22

Agile & DevOps

Agile

Answer 22

Agile is a mindset and a set of values and principles that guides how we work together and how we engage with our customers. Agile breaks large, complex problems into smaller modules that enable better collaboration, speed, quality, and customer-centricity.

Question 23

AI

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Answer 23

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a critical building block of digital transformation; it enables innovation and re-imagining the traditional way of operating. AI can learn complex concepts, patterns and relationships from data that enable machines to sense, comprehend, act, and learn.

Question 24

AI

Machine Learning

Answer 24

A technique that helps to achieve AI by enabling systems to learn patterns from data and subsequently improve from experience.

Question 25

Automation

Robotic Process Automation (RPA)

Answer 25

A term used for software tools that partially or fully automate human activities that are manual, rule-based, and repetitive.

Question 26

Blockchain

Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT)

Answer 26

A distributed data store that contains historical transaction records and is the same for all participants in the network.

Question 27

Cloud

Cloud

Answer 27

Model in which organizations access a shared pool of configurable computing resources - such as servers, networks, storage, development tools, or applications.

Question 28

Enterprise Platforms

Software as a Service (SaaS)

Answer 28

SaaS is the most used cloud application service and is becoming a dominant way for organizations to access software applications. With SaaS, an organization is accessing a specific software application that is hosted on a remote server and managed by a third-party provider.

Question 29

Security

Internet of Things (IoT)

Answer 29

The network of devices, vehicles, appliances, machines and “things” that have embedded electronics, software, and sensors that can connect these “things” together to send and receive data through the Internet.