Glossary Archive

Entities or individuals that facilitate transactions or interactions between parties, often acting as intermediaries or middlemen.

A capital budgeting metric that is the annualized effective compounded return rate that can be earned on an investment. It is an indicator of the efficiency of an investment.

The network of interconnected physical devices and objects embedded with sensors, software, and connectivity that enables them to collect and exchange data.

The network of interconnected physical devices, objects embedded with sensors, software, and technology-augmented people with connectivity that enables them to collect, exchange, and process data.

The protocol suite within TCP/IP for data packet segmentation.

The ability of different systems, technologies, or software applications to seamlessly communicate, exchange data, and work together effectively.

A private computer network that uses Internet technologies to securely share any part of an organization's information or operational systems with its employees. The data on an intranet is behind the company’s firewall, meaning that it cannot be accessed by individuals or other computers that are not part of the organization. Sometimes the term refers only to the organization's internal website, but often it is a more extensive part of the organization's computer infrastructure and private websites are an important component and focal point of internal communication and collaboration.

A distributed ledger technology and cryptocurrency designed for the Internet of Things (IoT), providing secure and feeless transactions between connected devices.

A programming language used for building Web based applications.

Tasks that are central to the success of a business and show, when measured, whether the business is advancing toward its strategic goals.