glossaries.tex

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% Aconyms for SyncFree project.
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% Author: Amadeo Asco 
% Last updated: 24 July 2014
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\newacronym{2pc}{2PC}{two-phase commit}
\newacronym{2i}{2i}{Secondary Indexing}
\newacronym{2pset}{2P-Set}{Two-Phase Set}
\newacronym{acid}{ACID}{Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation, Durability}
\newacronym{api}{API}{Application Programming Interface}
\newacronym{b2b}{B2B}{Business to Business}
\newacronym{base}{BASE}{basically available, soft state, eventual consistency}
\newacronym{cap}{CAP}{Consistency, Availability and Partition tolerance}
\newacronym{cci}{CCI}{Causality, Convergence and Intention}
\newacronym{cmrdt}{CmRDT}{Op-based Convergent Replicated Data Type}
\newacronym{cprdt}{CPRDT}{Conflict-free Partially Replicated Data Type}
\newacronym{crdt}{CRDT}{Conflict-free Replicated Data Type}
\newacronym{cqrs}{CQRS}{Command Query Responsibility Segregation}
\newacronym{cvrdt}{CvRDT}{State-based Convergent Replicated Data Type}
\newacronym{db}{DB}{Data Base}
\newacronym{dc}{DC}{Data Centre}
\newacronym{ec}{EC}{Eventual Consistency}
\newacronym{fmk}{FMK}{Shared Medical Record}
\newacronym{ga}{GA}{Genetic Algorithm}
\newacronym{gmu}{GMU}{Genuine Multi-version Update}
\newacronym{gp}{GP}{General Practitioner}
\newacronym{gpr}{GPR}{Genuine Partial Replication}
\newacronym{gset}{G-set}{State-based increment-only Counter}
\newacronym{ha}{HA}{High Availability}
\newacronym{id}{ID}{identifier}
\newacronym{kb}{KB}{kilobyte}
\newacronym{iot}{IoT}{Internet of Things}
\newacronym{lww}{LWW}{Last-Writer-Wins}
\newacronym{lwwr}{LWW-Register}{Last-Writer-Wins Register}
\newacronym{mdc}{MDC}{Multi Data Centre}
\newacronym{mb}{MB}{megabyte}
\newacronym{mv}{MV}{Multi-Valued}
\newacronym{mvr}{MV-Register}{Multi-Valued Register}
\newacronym{orset}{OR-set}{Observed-Removed Set}
\newacronym{p2p}{P2P}{Peer--to--peer}
\newacronym{pb}{PB}{petabytes}
\newacronym{rdbms}{RDBMS}{Relational Database Management System}
\newacronym{rga}{RGA}{Replicated Growing Array}
\newacronym{rest}{REST}{Representational State Transfer}
\newacronym{rpc}{RPC}{Remote Procedure Call}
\newacronym{sec}{SEC}{Strong Eventual Consistency}
\newacronym{tb}{TB}{terabyte}
\newacronym{ttl}{TTL}{Time To Live}
\newacronym{uset}{U-Set}{Two-Phase Set with unique elements}
\newacronym{wp1}{WP 1}{Work Package 1}
\newacronym{wp2}{WP 2}{Work Package 2}
\newacronym{wp3}{WP 3}{Work Package 3}
\newacronym{wp4}{WP 4}{Work Package 4}
\newacronym{wp5}{WP 5}{Work Package 5}
\newacronym{uml}{UML}{Unified Modelling Language}
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%\newglossaryentry{bwd}{name={box-and-whisker diagram}, text={box-and-whisker diagram}, first={box-and-whisker diagram},
%    description={\parbox{10.6cm}{\medskip The bottom and top of the box are the 25th and 75th percentile (the lower and upper quartiles, respectively), and the band near the middle of the box is the median, whereas the dot represent the mean. The ends of the whiskers represent the minimum and maximum of all of the data.\medskip}}}
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