Glossary

This glossary helps ensure that all team members have a shared understanding of key terms, which can improve communication and reduce misunderstandings.

Standard abbreviations in code. See more: Abbreviations in code

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A

• Abbreviation (abbr):
• Absolute (abs):
• Address (addr)
• Annotation (anno): A shared data structure for both ground-truth labels and predictions.
• Application (app):
• Argument (arg):
• Array (arr):
• Asynchronous (async):
• Attribute (attr):
• Augmentation (aug): A technique to artificially increase the size of a dataset by applying random (or deterministic) transformations to the original data.
• Authentication (auth):
• Average (avg):

B

• Background (bg):
• Binary (bin):
• Boolean (bool):
• Buffer (buf):
• Button (btn):

C

• Calculate (calc):
• Callback (cb):
• Class (cls):
• Column (col):
• Command (cmd):
• Concatenate (concat):
• Config (cfg):
• Coordinate (coord):
• Cosine (cos):
• Cotangent (cot):
• Counter (cnt):
• Current (curr):

D

• Data Point (datapoint): A single instance of data in a dataset.
• Data Structure (datastruct): A way of organizing and storing data so that it can be accessed and worked with efficiently.
• Data Type (dtype): specify the type of elements (integer, float, etc.) within a data container, such as an array or DataFrame column.
• Database (db):
• Dataset (dataset): A collection of datapoint.
• Delete (del):
• Delta time (dt):
• Descriptor (dsc):
• Destination (dst):
• Development (dev):
• Difference (diff):
• Directory (dir):
• Display (disp):
• Document (doc):

E

• Environment (env):
• Equal {binary operation} (eq):
• Error (err):
• Etcetera (etc):
• Executable (exe):
• Expression (expr):
• Extension (ext):

F

• Figure (fig):
• Function (func):

G

• Generate (gen):
• Greater or equal {binary operation} (ge):
• Greater than {binary operation} (gt):

H

• Height {shape} (h):
• Hexadecimal (hex):
• Horizontal {shape} (hor):

I

• Identifier (id):
• Image (img):
• Index (idx):
• Information (info):
• Initialize (init):
• Input (in):
• Integer (int):
• Iterator (iter):

J

K

L

• Label (label): A true value or category associated with a datapoint, usually it takes a form of a single value of string or integer.
• Language (lang):
• Latitude {only with coord} (lat):
• Length (len):
• Less or equal {binary operator} (le):
• Less than {binary operators} (lt):
• Library (lib):
• Longitude {only with coord} (lon):

M

• Maximum (max):
• Memory (mem):
• Message (msg):
• Metadata {data science} (meta):
• Middle (mid):
• Minimum (min):
• Miscellaneous (misc):
• Modulo (mod):

N

• Navigation (nav):
• Network (net):
• Not equal {binary operator} (ne):
• Number (num):

O

• Object (obj):
• Operating system (os):
• Operation {binary operation} (op):
• Option / optional (opt):
• Output (out):

P

• Parameter (param):
• Performance (perf):
• Picture (pic):
• Pixel (px):
• Pointer (ptr):
• Position (pos):
• Prediction (pred):
• Preference (pref):
• Previous (prev):
• Process {thread} (proc):
• Production (prod):

Q

R

• Random (rand):
• Rectangle {shape} (rect):
• Reference (ref):
• Regular expression (regex):
• Repository (repo):

S

• Sequence (seq):
• Sine (sin):
• Source (src):
• Square root (sqrt):
• Standard (std):
• Statistic (stat):
• String (str):
• Summation (sum):
• Synchronize (sync):

T

• Temperature (temp):
• Temporary (tmp):
• Text (txt):
• Time / Type (e.g. uint8_t) {type modifier}: (t):
• Transform (transform): Any operation that changes the form or structure of data, including both deterministic and stochastic operations.

U

V

• Value {only with k} (v):
• Variable (var):
• Version / Vertical (ver):

W

• Width {shape} (w):
• Window (win):

X

Y

Z