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polygenic risk score (PRS)

A polygenic risk score (PRS) is an expression of someone's likelihood of having or developing a particular medical condition. Read Full Definition

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GRASP (General Responsibility Assignment Software Patterns)

GRASP (General Responsibility Assignment Software Patterns) is a design pattern in software development used to assign responsibilities for different modules of code. Read Full Definition

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OS X

OS X, also referred to as macOS X or Mac OS X, is Apple's proprietary, Unix-based operating system. Released in 2001 as the successor to Mac OS 9, OS X incorporates support for Unix-based applications as well as ... Read Full Definition

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VM BIOS (virtual machine basic input/output system)

A VM BIOS (virtual machine basic input/output system) is the set of instructions that controls the booting process of a VM. Read Full Definition

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What is APM? Application performance monitoring guide

Application performance monitoring (APM) is the collection of tools and processes designed to help IT professionals ensure that enterprise applications meet the performance, reliability and valuable user experience... Read Full Definition

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end-to-end encryption (E2EE)

End-to-end encryption (E2EE) is a method of secure communication that prevents third parties from accessing data while it's transferred from one end system or device to another. Read Full Definition

What is container management and why is it important?

Container management refers to a set of practices that govern and maintain containerization software. Container management tools automate the creation, deployment, destruction and scaling of application or systems ... Read Full Definition

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What is edge computing? Everything you need to know

Edge computing is a distributed information technology (IT) architecture in which client data is processed at the periphery of the network, as close to the originating source as possible. Read Full Definition

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Google Play

Google Play, formerly known as Android Market, is the official online store for digital media distributed by Google. Read Full Definition

logical block addressing (LBA)

Logical block addressing (LBA) is a technique to specify the addresses of blocks of data on a storage device, such as a hard disk. Read Full Definition