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1 -This page will introduce, explain and provide links to general terminology used in the Austrian Data Cube project. We distinguish different topics:
1 +This glossary introduces and defines the major technical terms used in the Austrian Data Cube project.
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3 -* General
4 -* [[Hardware and infrastructure>>doc:.2\.1\. Hardware.WebHome]]
5 -* Software
6 -* Datasets
7 -* Methodology
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3 +The project builds on the following main concept:
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5 +A **data cube** efficiently stores a multi-dimensional array of values. Typically, applied in contexts of big data (i.e. time-series, very high-resolution satellite data), exceeding the hosting computer's main memory. This data can be effectively queried and sliced to extract the required data.
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