| Name | Definition |
|---|---|
| AA | Auto Acquire |
| AdTech | Advertising technology |
| ANTLR | ANother Tool for Language Recognition |
| API | Application Programming Interface |
| ASIO | Async I/O library |
| AST | Abstract Syntax Tree |
| CFL | Continuous File Loading |
| CmdComp | Command Compiler |
| CTAS | CREATE TABLE AS SELECT SQL statement |
| CTE | Common Table Expression |
| DCL | Data Control Language |
| DDL | Data Definition Language |
| DML | Data Manipulation Language |
| DR | Disaster Recovery |
| ELT | Extract, Load, and Transform |
| ETL | Extract, Transform, and Load |
| FinTech | Financial technology |
| GDC | Global Dictionary Compression |
| GDS | Global Data Storage |
| GIS | Geospatial Information System |
| HA | High Availability |
| IAS | INSERT INTO SELECT SQL statement |
| IDA | Information Dispersal Algorithm |
| LCK | Local Cluster Key |
| LTS | Foundation Node |
| NUMA | Non-Uniform Memory Architecture |
| NVMe | Non-Volatile Memory Express |
| OLAP | Online Analytical Processing |
| OSC | Ocient Stream Client |
| OSN | Ownership Sequence Number |
| TKT | TimeKey® Time |
| TTQ | Time to Queryability |
| UDT | User-defined Transform |
| UIO | User mode I/O |
| UUID | Universally Unique Identifier |
| VM | Virtual Machine |
| WLM | Workload Management |
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Glossary
Glossary of acronyms and terms used in the Ocient System, covering architecture, SQL, data pipelines, geospatial, and ML concepts.
Use this table to reference frequently used acronyms and terms with the Ocient® System or the OcientAIQ™ Unified Data Platform.
Last modified on September 9, 2026
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