Author: Firat Turan

Agile procedures (from the Latin agilis "nimble, agile") refer to approaches to procedures that increase transparency and...

The original ALCOA stands for "Attributable, Legible, Contemporaneous, Original and Accurate"....

The organisation Allotrope Foundation develops the Allotrope Framework and the Allotrope Data Format. The Allotrope Foundation...

Analytical Information Markup Language: An open and freely available data standard for scientists and analysts to...

The part of the regulations on medicinal products in the European Union that relates to computerised systems...

An outsourced service provider that delivers IT services using applications installed on the business premises....

A sequence of tasks, steps, processes or other activities used to perform a function.

See transaction data

-> Artificial intelligence

Audit trail: The audit trail function in data systems such as LIMS ensures the traceability of...

Computer-assisted enhancement of reality perception. Often visual representations of supplements that are inserted or superimposed into the...

A bar code is an opto-electronically readable typeface that can be read by the user....

Batch processing is a term from the field of data processing and refers to the way in which...

See transaction data

An operating system is a set of computer programs that manage a computer's system resources such as memory, hard drives,...

Transaction data is information that - unlike master data - changes quickly over time. So are...

Business intelligence systems: Software solutions for collecting, processing and analysing operational data in order to use the insights gained...

A set of data records managed by a group of computers. All data blocks are...

Object-oriented programming language - a further development of the "C" language. It is ISO/IEC standardised and due to its performance...

Computer Aided Quality Assurance: Software system for computer-aided quality management. CAQ systems are primarily used in the manufacturing industry....

Chromatography data system: IT system to support chromatographic analyses with the possibility of controlling the chromatograph and...

Use of computer resources that are not provided locally but via a network or internet connection as a service...

Comma Separated Values: Structuring form of text files that is often used for data exchange, e.g. between analyser and LIMS....

Computer Systems Validation (CSV) is a documented validation process that consistently and reproducibly proves that a...

A software development approach in which software is developed in short cycles. This ensures that it is...

Continuous integration is a development practice where code changes from multiple stakeholders are often incorporated into a single...

Commercial off the shelf: Preconfigured software applications that provide the relevant functionality for a specific purpose in...

Customer Relationship Management: IT system for maintaining customer relationships. In addition to the management of customers and prospects...

Cloud Service Provider: A cloud service provider is a third-party company that provides a cloud-based platform, infrastructure, application or...

Graphical representation of the overall performance and availability of IT services. Dashboard images can be updated in real time and also...

A data lake is a central storage facility (repository) in which large amounts of data can be stored....

Systematic analysis of data to gain insights and uncover correlations using...

A collection of information in an organisation that is isolated from other parts of the organisation...

A data warehouse (DW or DWH) is a repository containing data from one or more...

Secure storage of data suitable for long-term archiving. During the archiving period...

A database, also called a database system (DBS), is a system for electronic data management. The aim is to...

Maintaining and ensuring the accuracy and consistency of data throughout its lifecycle.

A data model is a model of the data to be described and processed in an application area (e.g. data...

The process by which companies use technology and data to build a business ecosystem to mitigate risk,...

An electronic signature based on cryptographic methods that verify the identity of the signatory....

Document Management System: IT system for the structured management and provision of electronic documents in a database....

An electronic signature (e-signature) is an electronic symbol or sign that a person uses to signify their...

Electronic Laboratory Notebook (electronic laboratory notebook): IT system to support the performance of experiments or complex investigations....

In data modelling, an entity is defined as a clearly identifiable object of information that can be...

Enterprise resource planning systems: IT systems for planning and corporate management oriented to operational business processes. Focal points can be...

FAIR stands for Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable. The FAIR principles are aimed at...

Programming technique in modern software development in which a feature under development or a...

A firewall is a network security device that monitors incoming and outgoing network traffic and applies security rules to...

Functional specification: in software projects, specifies in detail how the functionality required by the user is to be achieved by...

Graphical User Interface: A graphical user interface is a software component that provides the user of a...

Hypertext Markup Language is a markup language used to describe the structure and meaning of the contents of a...

Infrastructure as aService: a cloud service for the on-demand provision of virtual infrastructure components by an IT service provider. At...

The computer frame in which an IT system operates. The IT infrastructure includes physical or virtualised servers, networks,...

The Internet of Things (IoT) is a collection of physical or virtual...

Incident Report: Report on incidents such as the failure of a system or function. An Incident...

Object-oriented programming language from Sun Microsystems (Oracle). Java can be used to develop software programmes that are platform-independent and...

Any system or device connected to a network.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is generally used to describe machines (or computers) that learn to...

See -> OPC LADS

Local Area Network: Computer network that includes workstation PCs, servers and other network-capable IT components locally, i.e. typically at...

Lightweight Directory Application Protocol: Protocol that enables Single Sign On (SSO).

Laboratory Execution System: a software application especially for quality control laboratories that guides the user in the laboratory through predefined...

Laboratory Information and Management System: Database-supported IT system for supporting and controlling laboratory processes and for data management. This...

Laboratory Information System: Data system with a focus on use in the medical laboratory. Functionally, it corresponds in many...

The use of algorithms and statistical models by computers to perform a specific task in the absence of...

Manufacturing Execution System: IT system for production control, e.g. in the chemical industry, which in the sense of a control...

Additional information associated with a test or an individual result.

Relational database management system from Microsoft (Microsoft SQL Server). Available in various versions. Often used for LIMS...

MySQL is an open source relational database management system (-> RDBMS) based on the Structured Query Language...

Testing a requirement to ensure that it handles invalid or unexpected uses or errors appropriately....

Computers or nodes that work together over a network. It can refer to cloud computing, distributed...

Non-relational database. See also RDBMS

Object Linking and Embedding: Microsoft technology to share data across multiple Windows programs....

Laboratory and Analytical Device Standard of the OPC Foundation, a standard under development whose...

Oracle Database is a relational database management system (-> RDBMS) from Oracle Corporation. Powerful database that...

Platform as aService: A cloud service that provides a computing platform for web application developers....

Script language with a syntax based on C and Perl, mainly used to create dynamic websites....

Process control system: IT system for supporting the production processes with a focus on the process engineering sequences, e.g. in a...

Testing to ensure that a requirement has been met. For example, if a requirement is to test a...

Production planning and control system: PPS solutions are often available as software modules integrated into an ERP system....

The person responsible for the business process(es) to be managed. In the context of...

QR (Quick Response) codes are 2D codes that can be scanned and read by mobile phones, smartphones and tablets and...

Relational Database Management System: A relational database management system is a system of database management that...

A relational database is used for electronic data management in computer systems and is based on a table-based relational...

A repository is a managed directory for the storage and description of digital content.

Radio Frequency Identification: Technology for the contactless identification of objects via radio, whereby a transmitter (transponder)...

Serial, asynchronous hardware interface for data exchange between two electronic devices. It is designed as a voltage interface,...

Software as a Service: Concept for making software applications available to the user via the Internet for a fee...

A frequently used structuring principle for the architecture of software systems. Individual aspects of the software system are...

Scrum (from English scrum for "scrum") is a process model of project and product management, especially for...

Scientific document management system: Document management system with focus on scientific data and related documents. Besides common...

Standardization in Lab Automation: Open communication standard for networking software systems in the laboratory and laboratory equipment. The...

A session is a logical connection between two addressable units in the network in order to...

Service-oriented architecture: SOA is a concept for building a software architecture with the aim of making programme functionalities...

Simple Object Access Protocol: Standardised network protocol for data exchange between software applications of different IT systems. The transport protocol is...

Structured Query Language: SQL is a database language for defining data structures in relational databases or....

Single Sign On: Log on to the network once and automatically log on to all other applications when...

Master data is basic information (e.g. name and price, discount agreements, names and addresses, entry date ...) about operational...

A collection of documents, reports or signatures needed to complete the creation of master data....

See batch processing

The system owner is the person who has responsibility for a system, including its support,...

Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) / Internet Protocol (IP): TCP/IP is a family of standardised network protocols,...

In the context of software, thick-client LIMS implement their own functions locally and require a full installation...

In the context of software, thin clients LIMS are primarily used for communication with a...

User Requirement Specification: URS refers to a document that is usually used in software development....

Universal Serial Bus: USB is a standardised hardware interface that is designed as a serial bus system to...

During validation, documented proof is provided that the LIMS system supplied meets the user requirements of the...

Visual Basic: Object-oriented programming language of the manufacturer Microsoft with graphical development environment for use under Windows....

Verification is an activity in which observation and inspection provide documented evidence of...

A process model geared towards IT projects with a focus on software development. It defines all project phases...

Software that is installed and run on computers located on the organisation's premises....

A virtual private network (VPN) extends a private network over a public network and enables...

Wide Area Network: Computer network that connects IT components such as PCs, servers, etc. at different locations across...

-> V-model

A service offered by an electronic device to another electronic device that is connected via...

Wireless Local Area Network: wireless local network in which computer communication takes place via radio according to the...

Extensible Markup Language: Markup language that is used to define and structure data in order to...