Index

Concepts

Terms that come back in more than one deck. Everything else is defined where it appears — these are the 17 that needed a note of their own.

3 topicsAdditive manufacturingThe industrial production name for 3D printing: a computer controlled process that creates three-dimensional objects by depositing materials, usually in layers (Cla…

26 topicsArtificial intelligence (AI)The capability of a machine to imitate intelligent human behaviour (Class 4, slide 2); technologies that enable machines to perform tasks that typically require hum…

24 topicsBig dataData with a huge size: huge in volume, growing exponentially with time, and so large and complex that traditional data management tools cannot store or process it e…

16 topicsCloud computingOn-demand access to shared computing resources over the internet (Class 2, slide 13) — a new class of network based computing that takes place over the Internet, a …

4 topicsCyber securityA set of techniques used to protect the integrity of an organization's security architecture and safeguard its data against attack, damage or unauthorized access (C…

18 topicsCyber-physical system (CPS)A computer system in which a mechanism is controlled or monitored by computer-based algorithms (Class 2, slide 4) — or, in NIST's words, a co-engineered interacting…

1 topicDecentralizationDesign principle 3 in Class 3: decentralized decision making — intelligent systems and algorithms empower machines to make autonomous decisions based on real-time d…

5 topicsDeep learning (DL)A subset of machine learning in which multilayered neural networks learn from vast amounts of data (Class 4, slide 13). Also called deep neural learning or a deep n…

6 topicsEmbedded systemA system that has computer hardware with software embedded in it as one of its important components (Class 6, slide 2). Its software embeds in ROM, and it does not …

5 topicsFog computingA platform providing low-latency virtualized services, linked to the cloud computing infrastructure (Class 7, slide 42). Edge devices request compute, storage and c…

5 topicsHadoopAn open-source project focused on a framework for reliable, scalable and distributed computing on big data using clusters of commodity hardware (Class 5, slide 28).…

6 topicsIndustrial Internet of Things (IIoT)The industrial branch of the IoT. Class 5 slide 24 calls the IIoT a big benefactor of big data: it needs new technologies, cloud services with no-limit storage on d…

11 topicsInternet of Things (IoT)Providing new services by connecting objects in the world through wired and wireless networks in various ways (Class 2, slide 10). The definition is service-first: …

1 topicInteroperabilityDesign principle 1 in Class 3, given there as "Inter-Connectivity/Interoperability". Class 6 gives it teeth: IIRA is an open architecture emphasising interoperabili…

9 topicsMachine learning (ML)A subset of AI: algorithms that allow systems to learn from data and improve performance over time (Class 2, slide 11); algorithms whose performance improves as the…

4 topicsSmart factoryThe factory as it appears under Industry 4.0 automation: a virtual copy of the smart factory is created by linking sensor data from monitoring physical processes wi…

6 topicsVirtualizationDesign principle 2 in Class 3 — listed there as "Information Transparency/virtualization" — and the bracketed tag on the Internet of Things characteristic: a virtua…