Concepts

Information Management: Knowledge Management:
  • The creation, storage and collaborative sharing of employee information within the business environment. Through sharing and collaboration, an organisation's efficiency, productivity and profitability is enhanced. Supported by advanced Information Technology tools and methods. Source: http://www.geemultimedia.com.au/glossary.asp
  • The way a company stores, organizes and accesses internal and external information. Narrower terms are: "Organizational Memory" and "Knowledge Transfer." (Process) Source: http://ccs.mit.edu/21c/iokey.html
  • The process of systematically and actively managing and leveraging the stores of knowledge in an organisation is called knowledge management. It is the process of transforming information and intellectual assets into enduring value. Source: http://www.unisa.edu.au/pas/qap/planning/glossary.asp
Tacit Knowledge:
Explicit knowledge:
Hardware:
Software:
  • Written programs or procedures or rules and associated documentation pertaining to the operation of a computer system and that are stored in read/write memory; "the market for software is expected to expand" Source: http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
  • Computer software, or just software is a general term primarily used for digitally stored data such as computer programs and other kinds of information read and written by computers. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SOFTWARE
Workflow:
  • The management of steps in a business processes. A workflow specifies what tasks need to be done, in what order (sometimes linearly, sometimes in parallel), and who has permission to perform each task. Most tasks are performed by humans but they can also be automated processes. Source: http://philip.greenspun.com/seia/glossary
Artificial Intelligence:
  • The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively; "workers in AI hope to imitate or duplicate intelligence in computers and robots" Source: http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
Knowledge Base:
  • A knowledge base (abbreviated KB, kb or Δ) is a special kind of database for knowledge management, providing the means for the computerized collection, organization, and retrieval of knowledge. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knowledge_base
  • The defined accumulation of an organization's internal set of best practices, past issues or problems and their resolution, product and process data, and other any other information that can be used as a basis for analysis and training. Source: http://www.bridgefieldgroup.com/bridgefieldgroup/glos5.htm
Emulate:
  • Strive to equal or match, especially by imitating; "He is emulating the skating skills of his older sister". Imitate the function of (another system), as by modifying the hardware or the software. Compete with successfully; approach or reach equality with; "This artist's drawings cannot emulate his water colors". Source: http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
Algorithms:
  • In mathematics, computer science, and related subjects, an algorithm is an effective method for solving a problem using a finite sequence of instructions. Algorithms are used for calculation, data processing, and many other fields. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algorithms
Applet:
  • An applet is any small application that performs one specific task; sometimes running within the context of a larger program, perhaps as a plugin., Answers.com. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Applets
Semantic Network:
  • A semantic network is a network which represents semantic relations among concepts. This is often used as a form of knowledge representation. It is a directed or undirected graph consisting of vertices, which represent concepts, and edges. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic_network
Taxonomy:
  • A defined hierarchy of categories-a tree-like structure of customer-specific or market-specific terminology that defines how categories relate to one another. Taxonomy provides a conceptual framework for discussion, analysis, or information retrieval. Source: http://www.microsoft.com/enterprisesearch/en/us/search-glossary.aspx
  • Taxonomy in general means a catalogue or a set of rules for classification; in XBRL, a taxonomy contains computer-readable definitions of business reporting terms as well relationships between them and links connecting them to human-readable resources; a typical taxonomy consists of a schema (or schemas) and linkbases; a set of these files that could be discovered from one entry point schema is called discoverable taxonomy set. Source: http://www.iasb.org/Terms+and+Conditions.htm
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Sirje Virkus, Tallinn University, 2011