ESI
- Edge Side Includes
|
A
simple markup language for defining Web page fragments, enabling dynamic
content to be cached to speed assembly and delivery of personalized Web
pages. |
ETL - extraction,
transformation, and loading
|
The
methods involved in populating a data warehouse. See also extraction, load,
and transformation. |
ETT
- extraction, transformation, and transportation
|
The
methods involved in accessing and manipulating source data and loading
it into a data warehouse.
|
| EUL
- End User Layer |
The
user interface for multidimensional structures. |
exception
|
An
event during program execution that prevents the program from continuing
normally; generally, an error. |
exception handler
|
A
block of code that reacts to a specific type of exception. If the exception
is for an error that the program can recover from, the program can resume
executing after the exception handler has executed. |
expression
|
One
or more data values that can be expressed as arguments to programs or functions.
An expression can be a single, constant value (e.g., 10); a variable or
formula that contains one or more values; a function that returns one or
more values; or a calculation that combines values, such as variables, formulas,
or functions, with arithmetic or Boolean operators. |
| extensibility |
The
ability to easily add new functionality to existing services without major
software rewrites or without redefining the basic architecture. |
|
Extensible
Markup Language (XML)
|
The World Wide Web Consoritum (W3C) markup language
for Web documents that lets programmers create their own customized tags.
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external
data
|
Data
originating from outside the central processing complex. |
extract
processing
|
The
process of selecting data from one environment and transporting it to another
environment for use by individual users or departments. |
extraction
|
The
process of selecting and pulling data from the operational and external
data sources, in order to prepare it for a data warehouse. |
| extraction, transformation,
and loading (ETL) |
The methods involved in populating a data warehouse. See also extraction, load, and transformation. |
| extraction,
transformation, and transportation (ETT) |
The methods
involved in accessing and manipulating source data and loading it into a
data warehouse. |
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