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Database applications
Software that facilitates communication between a human user and a database.
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Online transaction processing (OLTP)
Software; Database applications
The process whereby day-to-day transactional data is held in a repository that contains the operational data for the business.
Cube
Software; Database applications
A logical organisation of multidimensional data. The edges of the cube contain dimension members, and the body of the cube contains measure values. For example, sales data can be organised into a ...
Versioning
Software; Database applications
The ability of a single definition to maintain information about multiple physical instantiations.
Open database connectivity (ODBC)
Software; Database applications
A specification that allows GUI programming languages to talk to SQL databases.
Customer relationship management (CRM)
Software; Database applications
The set of processes and supporting software that allows an organisation to collect and leverage information on customer interactions with sales, marketing, and customer service departments.
Operational data
Software; Database applications
Data that is maintained and used for the day-to-day processing and functional requirements of the business.
Cyberspace
Software; Database applications
A term originated by author William Gibson in his novel Neuromancer that is currently used to describe the internet medium and the range of information resources available through it.
