Data Glossary

Welcome to the Data Glossary (formerly Data Thesaurus). This resource connects and defines concepts, services, and tools relevant to librarians working in data-driven discovery. A definition, relevant literature, and web resources accompany each term along with links to related terms. Search by term or keyword on the right or browse the terms below. The Data Glossary is created and maintained by the NCDS.

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Algorithm
Algorithmic Bias
Application Program Interface (API)
Artificial Intelligence
Big Data
Biomedical Informatics
Carpentries
Cloud Computing
Computer Programming
Cyberinfrastructure
Data
Data Analysis
Data Availability Statement
Data Backup
Data Catalog
Data Citation
Data Cleaning
Data Collection
Data Curation
Data Description and Annotation
Data Dictionary
Data Enclave
Data Ethics
Data Interoperability
Data Interview
Data Lake
Data Literacy
Data Management Plan
Data Management Planning Tool (DMPTool)
Data Migration
Data Mining
Data Ownership
Data Preservation
Data Privacy
Data Provenance
Data Publication
Data Reuse
Data Science
Data Security
Data Sharing
Data Sovereignty
Data Standards
Data Stewardship
Data Use Agreement
Data Visualization
Data Warehouse
Data Wrangling
Database
Dataset
De-identification
EHR Data
Electronic Laboratory Notebook (ELN)
FAIR Principles
File Naming Conventions
Generative Artificial Intelligence
High Performance Computing
Library Data Services
Linked Data
Machine Learning
Metadata
Natural Language Processing
Neural Networks
Open Data
Open File Formats
Open Science
Persistent Unique Identifier
Protocol
Qualitative Data
Quantitative Data
README
REDCap
Repository
Reproducibility
Research Data Management
Research Lifecycle
Text Mining
Variable
Web Scraping
last updated: 02/20/26 09:05