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Data Scraping
In the world of computer science, data scraping, often known as web (online) scraping, is a way of extracting data from websites to save it on local databases or on other applications using computer software. A typical application of data scraping is ...
Data Privacy
Data privacy refers to the area of data protection and security that is responsible for the handling of sensitive data, including their notice, consent, and regulatory requirements. Note that data handling includes three distinct categories: ...
Dark Web
The dark web is often confused with the deep web — the part of the web that is not indexed by the search engines and is thus not searchable. The dark web is a smaller subsection of the deep web that requires special software to host and visit web ...
DMARC
Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting & Conformance (DMARC) is a widely recognized email protocol that helps people and businesses protect their email addresses and domains from being misused by third parties. It helps identify that an email ...
Download
The process of transferring one or more files from a remote computer to your local computer. The opposite action is upload.
Domain Name
Also known as a uniform resource locator or URL. The unique name for a website, as may be typed by a user or coded in a link. Domain names are translated to corresponding numerical internet protocol (IP) addresses by the internet domain name system ...
Disruptive Technology
New technology that surprisingly displaces an already established one.
Dialog box
Sometimes referred to as a window; on a graphical user interface system, an enclosed area displayed by a program or process to prompt a user for entry of information in one or more boxes (fields).
Digital Transformation
The adoption of digital technology by a company with the goal for its implementation being to improve efficiency, value or innovation.
DHCP
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol; a protocol that lets a server on a local network assign temporary IP addresses to a computer or other network devices.
DevOps
DevOps is a set of practices that combines software development and IT operations. It aims to shorten the system’s development life cycle and provide continuous delivery with high software quality. DevOps is complementary with Agile software ...
Devices
Input devices include things like microphones, keyboards, mouse, touchpads, wheels, joysticks, etc. Output devices include printers, monitors, projectors and speakers.
Desktop
On computers like IBM PC or compatibles and Macintoshes, the backdrop where windows and icons for disks and applications reside.
DDoS Attacks
A distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack is a malicious attempt to disrupt normal traffic to a web property. In computing, a denial-of-service attack is a cyber-attack in which the perpetrator seeks to make a machine or network resource ...
Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
Data loss prevention (DLP) is a set of tools and processes used to ensure that sensitive data is not lost, misused, or accessed by unauthorized users. Data loss prevention software detects potential data breaches/data exfiltration transmissions and ...
Data center
Facility used to house computer systems and associated components, such as telecommunications and storage systems. Generally includes redundant or backup power supplies, redundant data communications connections, environmental controls (e.g., air ...
Database
A collection of information organized so that a computer application can quickly access selected information; it can be thought of as an electronic filing system. Traditional databases are organized by fields, records (a complete set of fields), and ...
DMARC
Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting & Conformance (DMARC) is a widely recognized email protocol that helps people and businesses protect their email addresses and domains from being misused by third parties. It helps identify that an email ...
Dropshipping
An e-commerce model where the seller doesn’t own any inventory or handle any of the shipping responsibilities. When a customer makes a purchase, the seller processes the order and transfers it to a third-party supplier—like a wholesaler or ...
Domain
A domain or domain name is what comes between the @ in your email address and the .com, .org, .net, etc. (For example, yourname@domain.com.) Domains help your customers find and remember where your business is located on the internet. A subdomain is ...
Drip Campaign
A series of automated emails sent to people who take a specific action. For any given action, you can choose how many emails to send and the rate at which to send them. These emails can be personalized with data like the contact’s name, and specific ...
Direct Marketing
Marketing that is delivered directly to the customer via the company selling a product. It’s often called direct response marketing. It typically includes a call to action (CTA) requesting a desired response such as calling a phone number or visiting ...
Distribution Channel
The path a product or service takes as it travels from where it is created to the person who will use it. In marketing, distribution channels are typically broken into business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-consumer (B2C). B2B deals with the ...
Display Ads
A type of online advertisement that combines text, images, and a URL that links to a website where a customer can learn more about or buy products. These ads can be static with an image or animated with multiple images, video, or changing text. Some ...
Direct Mail Marketing
A type of direct marketing that’s delivered physically to a prospect’s mailbox through the United States Postal Service or other delivery service. Postcards, flyers, and catalogs are common examples. Email marketing is the digital equivalent.
Digital Marketing
Any marketing that uses electronic devices to convey promotional messaging and measure its impact. In practice, digital marketing typically refers to marketing campaigns that appear on a computer, phone, tablet, or other device. It can take many ...
DNS
A domain name system (DNS) takes a human-friendly internet address, such as Website.com, and translates it into a computer-friendly IP address a web browser can use to find and display a website. DNS is often described as the “phone book” of the ...
Drawings
The amount of money or assets (money’s worth) drawn from a business by an owner for personal use is called Drawings. It is important to track the drawings in a business as it reduces the capital or the owner’s equity in a business. For example, if a ...
Double Entry System
Double Entry is a method of accounting in which every transaction affects two accounts equally and correspondingly. That means one account’s value will increase and another account’s value will decrease at the same time. For example, an accounting ...
Depreciation
Any fixed asset becomes less efficient with the passage of time, thus reducing its quality and value. This is called Depreciation. The value of an asset, which is significantly lesser than its original value at the end of every financial year is ...
Deferred Revenue
Deferred revenue, also known as unearned revenue is any amount which is earned before the actual revenue is reported. The revenue is deferred to a later date when actual services are performed and hence the name - deferred revenue. Deferred revenue ...
Debit Note
It is a document issued by a vendor to a customer to increase the due amount in the event of an error in invoice or increase in the item rates at the time of delivery. Amount due for customer = Amount on invoice + Value of debit note
Debit
Debit means an entry recorded for a payment made or owed. A debit entry is usually made on the left side of a ledger account. So, when a transaction occurs in a double entry system, one account is debited while another account is credited. An account ...