Delivery Model
The approach taken to “deliver” enterprise software. It is usually used when referring to a software application. There are three primary delivery models for enterprise software: (1) licensed on-premise model in which a customer purchases software and owns it; (2) SaaS or “Software as a Service” model in which the customer “rents” the software, and...
Digital Identity
The online representation of an individual or entity, including their attributes, credentials, and permissions.
Disaster Recovery
Disaster recovery deals with protecting an organization from the effects of significant negative events, events that put an organization’s operations at risk such as cyber attacks and equipment failures, or hurricanes, earthquakes and other natural disasters. A disaster recovery plan (DRP) documents policies, procedures and actions to limit the disruption to an organization in the...
Distance Learning
Educational programs using instruction via video or audio tapes, computers etc. instead of attending a class in one centralized location.
Distributed Component
A component that exists somewhere in an organization's network outside the central repository.
Distributed Computing Environment
The interoperability and portability standard developed by the Open Software Foundation (OSF) group.
Distributed Ledger Technology
The broader term for technologies like blockchain and HolochainTM that enable decentralized and distributed ledgers.
Distributed Network Application
The core unit of an application built on the HolochainTM framework, containing the application’s logic and data.
Distributed Objects
An architecture that describes the location of objects in multiple repositories on multiple servers.
Distributed Storage
The storage of data across multiple devices or nodes in a network, enhancing data availability, redundancy, and fault tolerance.