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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 -3.1. General
4 -3.2 [[.Hardware and infrastructure>>doc:.2\.1\. Hardware.WebHome]]
5 -[[3.3. Software>>doc:.2\.1\. Hardware.WebHome]]
6 -3.4. Datasets
7 -3.5. Methodology
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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7 +[[https:~~/~~/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_cube>>url:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_cube]]