glossary-entries.tex

\newacronym{sql}{SQL}{Structured Query Language}
\newacronym{cql}{CQL}{Cassandra Query Language}
\newglossaryentry{nosql}{
  name={NoSQL},
  description={
    \textit{No SQL} or \textit{Not only SQL}.
    NoSQL is a loosely defined term, grouping different
    databases which either do not only support data
    accesses via the Structured Query Language (SQL),
    or do not support it at all.
  },
}

\newglossaryentry{jpeg}{
  name={JPEG},
  description={
    Method for compression of image data developed by the \textit{Joint Photographic Experts Group}.
  },
}

\newglossaryentry{cap}{
  name={CAP theorem},
  description={
    The CAP theorem (also called Brewer's theorem) states, that in a
    distributed database system, it is not possible to achieve more than
    two characteristics out of \textit{consistency}, \textit{availability}
    and \textit{partition tolerance} \cite{brewer2000}.
  },
}

\newacronym{crud}{CRUD}{Create, Read, Update, Delete}
\newacronym{it}{IT}{information technology}
\newacronym{orm}{ORM}{object-relational mapping}
\newacronym{rdbms}{RDBMS}{relational database management system}
\newacronym{dbms}{DBMS}{database management system}
\newacronym{oltp}{OLTP}{online transaction processing}
\newacronym{http}{HTTP}{HyperText Transfer Protocol}
\newacronym{tcp}{TCP}{transmission control protocol}
\newacronym{bsd}{BSD}{Berkeley Software Distribution}
\newacronym{resp}{RESP}{Redis serialization protocol}
\newacronym{ram}{RAM}{random access memory}
\newacronym{ssd}{SSD}{solid state drive}
\newacronym{sata}{SATA}{serial ATA}
\newacronym{cpu}{CPU}{central processing unit}
\newacronym{iommu}{IOMMU}{input/output memory management unit}
\newacronym{ddr4}{DDR4}{double data rate 4}
\newacronym{hdd}{HDD}{hard disk drive}
\newacronym{ecc}{ECC}{error correcting code}
\newacronym{ascii}{ASCII}{American Standard Code for Information Interchange}
\newacronym{btrfs}{BTRFS}{Better File System (modern copy on write filesystem)}
\newacronym{api}{API}{application programming interface}
\newacronym{mdm}{MDM}{master data management}
\newacronym{ogm}{OGM}{object-graph mapping}
\newacronym{iam}{IAM}{identity and access management}
\newacronym{acid}{ACID}{atomicity, consistency, isolation, durability}

\newglossaryentry{cern}{
  name={CERN},
  description={
    CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, is one of the world's
    largest and most respected centres for scientific research.
  },
}
\newglossaryentry{atlas}{
  name={ATLAS},
  description={
   ATLAS (A Toroidal LHC ApparatuS) is one of the seven particle detector
   experiments at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), a particle accelerator at CERN.
   It generates 1 petabyte of raw data per second, even after filtering it
   still requires over 100 megabytes of disk space per second – at least a
   petabyte each year \autocite{fermi2004giant}.
  },
}