Glossary Archive

A type of deep learning model that uses a transformer architecture, pre trained on large data sets of un-labelled text, able to generate novel human-like content.

An online storage space that hosts and manages source code, allowing collaboration and version control.

The process of designing and developing applications that function across multiple countries.

A framework or set of rules that defines how an organization or network is structured, operates, and makes decisions.

An interface through which a user interacts with electronic devices such as computers, hand-held devices and other appliances. This interface uses icons, menus and other visual indicator (graphics) representations to display information and related user controls, unlike text-based interfaces, where data and commands are in text.

Physical devices or tokens used for authentication or identity verification, often incorporating cryptographic elements for enhanced security.

Algorithms that transform data into a fixed-length string of characters, often used for data integrity checks and digital signatures.

A distributed ledger technology that uses a directed acyclic graph (DAG) data structure and consensus algorithm to achieve high throughput, fairness, and security.

The process of applying a hash function to data to generate a fixed-length hash value or digest.

A US law designed to provide privacy standards to protect patients' medical records and other health information provided to health plans, doctors, hospitals and other health care providers. The HIPAA Privacy regulations require health care providers and organizations, as well as their business associates, to develop and follow procedures that ensure the confidentiality and security of protected health information (PHI) when it is transferred, received, handled, or shared. This applies to all forms of PHI, including paper and electronic.