Glossary A–Z
Every term in one sentence, with the video that explains it.
A
- agent
- Software that carries out a task in your systems, within set permissions.
- In the video: AI agent
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- AI Act
- One EU regulation for AI: the higher the risk to people, the stricter the rules.
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- AI extraction
- An AI step that finds fields in a document's text, even in a new layout.
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- AI policy
- One page of AI rules: tools, data, approval, errors, register; name and date.
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- automated test system
- A set-up that tests every device by itself and keeps the values per serial number.
- In the video: Automated tests
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B
- baseline
- The hours, lead time and error rate you write down before you build.
- In the video: The baseline
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- build vs buy
- The choice, per piece of work, between buying a package, connecting systems, or building software.
- In the video: Build versus buy
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C
- CE marking
- Your own declaration as manufacturer that the device meets the European directives that apply.
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- circuit board
- Your device's own board, designed for where it hangs, with source files you own.
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- client portal
- A secure login where each customer sees only their own orders, invoices and documents.
- In the video: The client portal
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- cloud
- Your servers, files and programs in a managed data centre, reachable from any workplace.
- In the video: The cloud
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- cloud architecture
- How your cloud fits together: which parts run where, how they connect, what it costs.
- In the video: Cloud set-up
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- cloud telephony
- Calling through a phone system outside your building, with your number tied to the person.
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D
- data pipeline
- A fixed, logged route that fetches, checks, converts and writes data for your reports.
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- data quality count
- A count of duplicates, empty fields and wrong addresses, made before any cleaning.
- In the video: The data quality count
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- data silo
- A system that keeps its data to itself, so questions across systems go unanswered.
- In the video: Data silos
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- data warehouse
- One database that copies all your systems every night and keeps every version.
- In the video: The data warehouse
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E
- edge AI
- A small model running on the device itself, deciding there without sending images out.
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- entry check
- A rule that blocks or flags wrong data at the moment someone enters it.
- In the video: The entry check
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F
- failover
- A second server that automatically takes over the work when the first one fails.
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- fine-tuning
- Training a language model further on your own examples, to change its behavior.
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- first process
- The process to automate first: repeated, regular, and from a digital source.
- In the video: Your first process
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- four checks
- Four supplier questions: EU region, no training, processing agreement, access per role.
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H
- hardware prototype
- A first working unit from existing parts, tested where the device will really work.
- In the video: The prototype
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- hidden costs
- The hours and errors a file costs you that never show up on an invoice.
- In the video: The hidden costs
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- hybrid cloud
- One environment, two places: what must stay local stays, the rest goes to the cloud.
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I
- ISO 27001
- A standard for information security: you choose reasoned measures and show that they work.
- In the video: The ISO standard
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- IT roadmap
- A short plan that gives every IT step an order, a reason and a dependency.
- In the video: The IT roadmap
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L
- language model
- Software that predicts which words likely come next, based on text it read before.
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- legacy
- Software that still works, but that nobody in your company dares to change any more.
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M
- maintenance agreement
- An agreement on who watches your software, who fixes errors, and how you notice.
- In the video: The maintenance agreement
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- manual work between systems
- Work where a person retypes data from one system into another.
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- master data
- Data that rarely changes, such as customers and articles, used in every system.
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- multi-cloud
- Using several cloud providers at once, with one overview of access, costs and fallback.
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- MVP
- The smallest version real customers can use, built with the care of a final product.
- In the video: The MVP
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N
O
- object storage
- Storage where each file gets its own address in a bucket, apart from your server.
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- ownership
- Written agreement that the code, documentation and data are yours, also when you leave.
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P
- PLC
- A controller that links machine steps and, on a deviation, stops the line under control.
- In the video: The PLC
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- private cloud
- A cloud environment on hardware assigned to you alone, with its own network and keys.
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- product lifecycle
- Keeping a product working after launch: updates, replacement parts and a clean phase-out.
- In the video: After the launch
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R
- recovery time
- How long a system may be down, measured in a real restore rather than guessed.
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- reporting procedure
- One page recording who confirms an incident, who reports it, where, and with what text.
- In the video: Reporting plan
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- retrofit
- Making an existing machine smarter with sensors or new controls, without replacing it.
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- risk classes
- Four levels in the AI Act, from prohibited to minimal, by risk to people.
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- robot cell
- A robot with gripper, safeguards and links to your line, working with your own products.
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S
- search by meaning
- Search that compares what you mean, not the exact words in the text.
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- second source
- An alternative for a critical part that fits without changing the board, recorded in advance.
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- serverless
- Code that starts as a separate function when there is work, with no waiting server.
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- shadow administration
- Lists and spreadsheets beside your package, for the work the package cannot hold.
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- silent failure
- A workflow that stops without telling anyone, so work quietly piles up.
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- site survey
- Measuring your building: where the signal drops, which channels are taken, and why.
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- source system
- The one system where a piece of data is changed; the others only read it.
- In the video: The source system
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- SPF, DKIM and DMARC
- Three DNS records: who may send for your domain, a signature, and a failure rule.
- In the video: Three DNS records
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- system integration
- A link that moves data between systems, so you enter it only once.
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T
- test restore
- Restoring a backup to a test system and noting what returns, and how fast.
- In the video: The test restore
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- three links
- The three things a chat window lacks: a source, an integration and an approval.
- In the video: Source, integration, approval
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- trial migration
- A test run of the move on a copy, counted until every total matches.
- In the video: The trial migration
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V
- virtual desktop
- A desktop that runs in a data centre; your device is only screen and keyboard.
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Z
- zero trust
- Access per request, only to the system that fits your role and your device.
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