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  • PACS (picture archiving and communication system)

    A PACS (picture archiving and communication system) is a healthcare imaging technology used for the storage and retrieval of medical images.

  • Current Procedural Terminology (CPT)

    Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes are a uniform medical code set maintained and copyrighted by the American Medical Association and used to describe medical, surgical and diagnostic services.

  • Clinical Document Architecture (CDA)

    Clinical Document Architecture (CDA) is a markup standard created by Health Level 7 International (HL7) that defines the structure of discharge summaries, progress notes and other medical records.

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  • soft skills

    Soft skills are personal attributes that enhance an individual's interactions, career prospects and job performance. Unlike hard skills, which tend to be specific to a certain type of task or activity, soft skills are broadly applicable across job titles.

  • Chief Information Officer (CIO)

    The chief information officer (CIO) in an organization is the person in charge of formulating an information technology strategy and overseeing the computer systems and services that support day-to-day operations. Since the CIO position was established in the mid-1980s, it has evolved from largely a technical role to one increasingly focused on business strategy.

  • innovation process management (IPM)

    Innovation process management (IPM) refers to the techniques and tools used by organizations to spur and maintain innovation. IPM can support product or organizational innovation.

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  • middleware

    Middleware is a general term for software that connects separate, often complex, applications together.

  • UDP (User Datagram Protocol)

    UDP (User Datagram Protocol) offers unreliable transmission of datagrams over a network that uses the Internet Protocol (IP).

  • XSD (XML Schema Definition)

    XSD is a W3C recommendation that defines the way to utilize the elements in an XML document.

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  • business metric

    All organizations use business metrics in order to monitor, track and quantify the state of their internal and external processes.

  • marketing-qualified lead (MQL)

    A marketing-qualified lead (MQL) is a website visitor whose engagement levels indicate that he is likely to become a customer. 

  • customer segmentation

    Customer segmentation enables companies to accurately target tailored marketing messages to customers who are most likely to buy their products.

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  • Network Address Translation (NAT)

    A NAT (Network Address Translation or Network Address Translator) is the virtualization of Internet Protocol (IP) addresses.

  • virtual private network (VPN)

    A virtual private network (VPN) is a technology that creates an encrypted connection over a less secure network. Using a VPN ensures the appropriate level of security to the connected systems when the underlying network infrastructure alone cannot provide it. The most common types of VPNs are remote-access VPNs and site-to-site VPNs.

  • managed service provider (MSP)

    A managed service provider (MSP) is a company that remotely manages a customer's IT infrastructure.

• Software Quality
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  • sprint (software development)

    A sprint is a set period of time during which specific work has to be completed and made ready for review.

  • user story

    A user story is a tool used in Agile development to capture a description of a software feature from an end-user perspective.

  • Agile retrospective

    An Agile retrospective is a meeting that’s held at the end of an iteration in Agile development.

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  • multiplexing

    Multiplexing is the simultaneous sending of multiple information streams over a communications medium as a single, complex signal that is then recovered at the receiving end.

  • Ethernet

    Ethernet is the most commonly used local area network technology deployed with transmission speeds heading upwards into the gigabits range.

  • application delivery controller

    An application delivery controller (ADC) is a network device that manages client connections to complex Web and enterprise applications. In general, a controller is a hardware device or a software program that manages or directs the flow of data between two entities.

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  • storage resource management (SRM)

    An important goal of storage resource management is to make it easier for storage administrators to reclaim unused storage

  • Linear Tape-Open (LTO)

    Linear Tape-Open (LTO) is a high-capacity tape storage technology that is open format, giving users access to compatible products from many suppliers.

  • DRAM (dynamic random access memory)

    Dynamic random access memory (DRAM) is a common type of random access memory (RAM) used in personal computers, workstations and servers.

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