Data analytics and AI
This glossary contains definitions related to customer data analytics, predictive analytics, data visualization and operational business intelligence. Some definitions explain the meaning of words used to Hadoop and other software tools used in big data analytics. Other definitions are related to the strategies that business intelligence professionals, data scientists, statisticians and data analysts use to make data-driven decisions.
Algorithms
Terms related to procedures or formulas for solving a problem by conducting a sequence of specified actions. In computing, algorithms in the form of mathematical instructions play an important part in search, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning.
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What are AI hallucinations and why are they a problem?
An AI hallucination is when a large language model (LLM) powering an artificial intelligence (AI) system generates false information or misleading results, often leading to incorrect human decision-making.
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What is self-service business intelligence (self-service BI)?
Self-service business intelligence (BI) is an approach to data analytics that enables nontechnical business users to access and explore data sets.
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What is AI? Artificial Intelligence explained
Artificial intelligence is the simulation of human intelligence processes by machines, especially computer systems.
Artificial intelligence
Terms related to artificial intelligence (AI), including definitions about machine learning and words and phrases about training data, algorithms, natural language processing, neural networks and automation.
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What are AI hallucinations and why are they a problem?
An AI hallucination is when a large language model (LLM) powering an artificial intelligence (AI) system generates false information or misleading results, often leading to incorrect human decision-making.
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What is a decision tree in machine learning?
A decision tree is a flow chart created by a computer algorithm to make decisions or numeric predictions based on information in a digital data set.
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What is AI? Artificial Intelligence explained
Artificial intelligence is the simulation of human intelligence processes by machines, especially computer systems.
Data and data management
Terms related to data, including definitions about data warehousing and words and phrases about data management.
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What is Oracle?
Oracle is one of the largest vendors in the enterprise IT market and the shorthand name of its flagship product, a relational database management system (RDBMS) that's formally called Oracle Database.
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What is user behavior analytics (UBA)?
User behavior analytics (UBA) is the tracking, collecting and assessing of user data and activities using monitoring systems.
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What is self-service business intelligence (self-service BI)?
Self-service business intelligence (BI) is an approach to data analytics that enables nontechnical business users to access and explore data sets.
Database management
Terms related to databases, including definitions about relational databases and words and phrases about database management.
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What is Oracle?
Oracle is one of the largest vendors in the enterprise IT market and the shorthand name of its flagship product, a relational database management system (RDBMS) that's formally called Oracle Database.
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What is NoSQL (Not Only SQL database)?
NoSQL is an approach to database management that can accommodate a wide variety of data models, including key-value, document, columnar and graph formats.
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What is a data fabric?
A data fabric is an architecture and software offering a unified collection of data assets, databases and database architectures within an enterprise.