IT Glossary

Search-based data discovery tools enable users to develop and refine views and analyses of structured and unstructured data using search terms. Like visualization-based data discovery tools, they have three attributes: (1) a proprietary data structure to store and model data gathered from disparate sources, which minimizes reliance on predefined business intelligence (BI) metadata; (2) a built-in performance layer using RAM or indexing that…

…Federated search aggregates the results of a user-initiated search to multiple search engines and presents those results back to the user. Sometimes federated search interleaves the results, so that they are compared with each other; sometimes they are just presented next to each other as alternatives….

…Social search uses elements of user behavior, implicit and explicit, to improve the results of searches inside and outside enterprises. Such elements are typically stored as metadata, making social search a type of metadata mining. It also enables users to disambiguate results from their queries more effectively….

A large, searchable index of Web pages that is automatically updated by spiders or Web crawlers and housed on a central server connected to the Internet. Examples include Yahoo and AltaVista.

The concept of forming one enterprisewide view of the customer across all customer contact channels (i.e., sales, marketing, and customer service and support). It is a complex area, requiring complex solutions to problems of integration, data flow, data access and marketing strategy. A critical component is the database that serves as the customer information repository.

…enterprises to access Internet-based content. Information access technology is often acquired as an embedded aspect of other applications, and portal, ECM, business application and other vendors frequently include enterprise search as part of their products. The first and most mature information access technology is search engine technology. It is typically applied to unstructured data in document repositories. It includes both enterprise and…

1. A term used to refer to packaged software applications (from the shrink-wrapped packaging typical of such products). 2. Term initially used to describe an unsigned software license agreement that is deemed accepted when the user breaks a shrink-wrapped seal or opens an enclosed sealed envelope in the package containing the software media, such as a floppy disk or CD. Use of the term has been expanded to refer to software license agreements…

…age and processing. Logic functions are formed from the binding of DNA molecules in various combinations. A DNA “AND” gate, for example, would chemically join two separate DNA codes in an end-to-end string. Rapid search functions are possible since DNA strings are attracted to identical or complementary strings. The interconnection of these gates does not occur electrically through wires, but through saline liquids of various…

…ility to make the ultimate purchase and take delivery from a variety of online and offline commerce routes, and the ability to share/receive experience across customer networks. Visit Gartner for Marketing Leaders for free research on tying social marketing to business results. Read reviews of Digital Commerce Search… Gartner Peer Insights has over 826 reviews on 31+ vendors in the Digital Commerce Search market. Learn about these…

…cognition software in the cloud. Image recognition has the potential to transform a picture into a hyperlink to something on the Internet (for example, information, service, coupon or video).It can also be used to initiate a search—which is one of the main reasons why Google and Amazon have been investing in this technology. In addition, image recognition has applications in security and content management. Our definition of image…