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Appendix A: Glossary
application
application patch
application service
audit
big data
Blaze executor
candidate key
Cloudera's Distribution Including Apache Hadoop (CDH)
column name rule
column profile
command task
complex data type
complex data type definition
complex function
complex port
complex operator
CompressionCodec
conditional sequence flow
container
cost-based optimization
curation
customized data object
data domain
data domain discovery
data domain glossary
data domain group
Data Integration Service
DataNode
data object profile
data object read operation
data object write operation
Data Processor event
data rule
data service
default sequence flow
dependent column
deploy
design-time application
determinant column
direct match
discovery search
documented key
document processor
DTM instance
DTM process
dynamic email address
dynamic email content
dynamic mapping
dynamic port
dynamic recipient
dynamic source
dynamic target
early projection optimization
early selection optimization
enterprise discovery
enterprise discovery profile
event
example source document
Exclusive gateway
execution Data Transformation Manager (DTM)
folder
foreign key discovery
full application
functional dependency
functional dependency discovery
gateway
generated port
grid mapping
grid segment
grid task
Hadoop cluster
Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS)
Hadoop environment
hierarchical data
Hive
Hive execution plan
Hive executor
Hive scripts
Hive task
incremental application
indirect match
inferred key
Informatica Administrator
Informatica Developer
Informatica Mass Ingestion
Informatica Monitoring tool
input rule
intelligent structure
Intelligent Structure Discovery
JobTracker
join profile
logical data object
logical data object mapping
logical data object model
logical data object read mapping
logical data object write mapping
logical Data Transformation Manager (LDTM)
mapping
mapplet
MapReduce
MapReduce job
mass ingestion
Mass Ingestion Service
mass ingestion specification
metastore
metric
metric group
metric group score
metric score
metric weight
Model Repository Service
NameNode
native environment
nested data type
nested data type definition
nested complex port
node
node role
non-native environment
operating system profile
operation mapping
Outlier
output document
partitioning
partition point
physical data object
pipeline
predicate expression
predicate optimization
preprocessor
primary key discovery
primitive data type
profile
profiling rule
profiling warehouse
project
pushdown optimization
recursive data type definition
recipient
Resource Manager Service
result set caching
run-time application
run-time environment
run-time link
schema
scorecard
scorecard lineage
semi-join optimization
sequence flow
source document
Sparkline
SQL data service
SQL Service Module
startup component
stateful variable port
system service
system workflow variable
task
task input
tasklet
task output
TaskTracker
team-based development
transformation
type configuration
type definition library
user-defined workflow variable
user role
validation environment
virtual data
virtual database
virtual schema
virtual stored procedure
virtual table
virtual table mapping
virtual view of data
Web Service Module
web service transformation
workflow
workflow instance
workflow instance ID
workflow parameter
Workflow Service Module
workflow variable
XMap
XML schema
XPath
XSD schema file
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