Term
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Definition
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Link
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Application Programming Interface (API) |
specification intended to be used as an interface by software components to communicate with each other |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_programming_interface
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Bioinformatics |
branch of biological science which deals with the study of methods for storing, retrieving and analyzing biological data, such as nucleic acid (DNA/RNA) and protein sequence, structure, function, pathways and genetic interactions |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bioinformatics
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Cyberinfrastructure |
research environments that support advanced data acquisition, data storage, data management, data integration, data mining, data visualization and other computing and information processing services distributed over the Internet beyond the scope of a single institution |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberinfrastructure
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Data Migration |
process of transferring data between storage types, formats, or computer systems |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_migration
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Dataset |
collection of data, usually presented in tabular form |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_set
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Descriptive Metadata |
individual instances of application data, the data content |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metadata
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Electron Micrograph |
micrograph prepared using an electron microscope |
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Georeference |
to define something's existence in physical space |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georeference
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Geovisualization |
a set of tools and techniques supporting geospatial data analysis through the use of interactive visualization |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geovisualization
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Hack-a-thon |
event in which computer programmers and others in the field of software development, like graphic designers, interface designers and project managers, collaborate intensively on software projects |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackathon
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Key-stroking |
the action of tracking (or logging) the keys struck on a keyboard |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keystroke_logging
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Metadata |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metadata
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Micrograph |
a photograph or digital image taken through a microscope or similar device to show a magnified image of an item |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micrograph#Electron_micrograph
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Natural Language Processing (NLP) |
a field of computer science, artificial intelligence, and linguistics concerned with the interactions between computers and human (natural) languages |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_language_processing
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Ontology |
formally represents knowledge as a set of concepts within a domain, and the relationships among those concepts |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontology_(information_science)
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Optical Character Rrecognition (OCR) |
the mechanical or electronic conversion of scanned images of handwritten, typewritten or printed text into machine-encoded text |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_character_recognition
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Portal |
A Web portal or public portal refers to a Web site or service that offers a broad array of resources and services, such as e-mail, forums, search engines, and online shopping malls. |
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Remote Annotations |
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Structural Metadata |
design and specification of data structures |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metadata
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Virtualization |
the creation of a virtual (rather than actual) version of something |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtualization
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