Archive: Glossary Entries

A business model is called digital if digital technologies fundamentally influence how a company does business and generates revenue.

In its literal sense, data sovereignty means control over data as well as data collection, storage and processing. The concept of data sovereignty is not synonymous with the term data protection.

As a category of EU law, data protection aims to enable data subjects to protect their informational interests and concerns.

The GDPR and the right to data portability, have been introduced to strengthen individual data sovereignty and the protection of personal data.

A simple explanation of the term data is to see data as symbols containing information. These symbols are interpreted by the recipients of the data.

All crimes committed by means of modern IT are called cybercrime. They are committed over a distance and easily cross national borders, making prosecution more difficult.

A bot is often referred to as software capable of independently executing tasks. In addition to technical aspects, the fact that bots act as an interface between humans and computer systems poses numerous challenges for research.

To help display relevant content correctly, augmented reality (AR) uses computer vision (CV) in conjunction with sensors.

Algorithms are basically step-by-step instructions converting inputs into output. The written recording of the algorithms that makes it possible for computers to execute them is called a programme or software.

Nowadays, agility refers to a new form of project and organisational management that was originally conceived for software development.