Statistical Terms Glossary

A selected stationary access site in a pre-defined city where there is mobile network coverage. E.g.: pre-selected hotspots must be discussed and agreed on before the start of hotspot drive assignment on data services key performance indicators (KPIs).

Is the predominant markup language for web pages. It provides a means to create structured documents by denoting structural semantics for text such as headings, paragraphs, lists etc as well as for links, quotes, and other items. It allows images and objects to be embedded and can be used to create interactive forms. It is written in the form of HTML elements consisting of "tags" surrounded by angle brackets within the web page content. It can include or can load scripts in languages such as JavaScript which affect the behavior of HTML processors like Web browsers; and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) to define the appearance and layout of text and other material. The W3C, maintainer of both HTML and CSS standards, encourages the use of CSS over explicit presentational markup.

The underlying protocol used by the World Wide Web. HTTP defines how messages are formatted and transmitted, and what actions Web Servers and browsers should take in response to various commands.

See Information, Communication, Technology (ICT) Goods

Is the result of the merger of two well-known projects, ITU’s Digital Access Index (DAI)2 and Orbicom’s Digital Divide Index. ICT Opportunity Index so as to measure access to and usage of ICT by individuals and households in its inclusive sense.

An online forum in which feedback and comments about programmes, project proposals and funding opportunities can be presented and solicited.

Has been developed to assist in the development of security standards by bringing together information about existing standards and current standards work in key standards development organizations.

It is intended to provide a Single Point of Contact ("SPOC") to meet the communications needs of both Users and IT and to satisfy both Customer and IT Provider objectives

Measurement descriptions used to verify the impact or the achievement of the project goal. Indicators must be quantifiable and documented. Impact indicators include target numbers and tracking systems. As of FY 2008, ANA requires three impact indicators per project. Impact indicators are separate from the results and benefits section of the OWP.

Accidental exposure of information to a person not authorized access.

Business : are programs designed to accelerate the successful development of entrepreneurial companies through an array of business support resources and services, developed and orchestrated by incubator management and offered both in the incubator and through its network of contacts. Incubators vary in the way they deliver their services, in their organizational structure, and in the types of clients they serve. Successful completion of a business incubation program increases the likelihood that a start-up company will stay in business for the long term: Historically, 87% of incubator graduates stay in business.

A numerical scale used to compare variables with one another or with some reference number.

Is a measure of performance.[1] Such measures are commonly used to help an organization define and evaluate how successful it is, typically in terms of making progress towards its long-term organizational goals[2]. KPIs can be specified by answering the question, "What is really important to different stakeholders?". KPIs may be monitored using Business Intelligence techniques to assess the present state of the business and to assist in prescribing a course of action. The act of monitoring KPIs in real-time is known as business activity monitoring (BAM)

Mathematical induction is a method of mathematical proof typically used to establish that a given statement is true of all natural number.

Is a geographic concentration of interconnected businesses, suppliers, and associated institutions in a particular field. Clusters are considered to increase the productivity with which companies can compete, nationally and globally. In urban study, the term agglomeration is used. This term industry cluster, also known as a business cluster, competitive cluster, or Porterian cluster, was introduced and the term cluster popularized by Michael Porter in The Competitive Advantage of Nations (1990). The importance of economic geography, or more correctly geographical economics, was also brought to attention by Paul Krugman in Geography and Trade (1991). Cluster development has since become a focus for many government programs. The underlying concept, which economists have referred to as agglomeration economies, dates back to 1890, and the work of Alfred Marshall.

Is "the study, design, development, implementation, support or management of computer-based information systems, particularly software applications and computer hardware."[1] IT deals with the use of electronic computers and computer software to convert, store, protect, process, transmit, and securely retrieve information.

The Information and Communication Technology Division (ICTD) aspires to play a major role with ESCWA member countries in their transformation toward knowledge-based society and global competitiveness in the market, while striving to increase employment, reduce poverty and enhance quality of life through state-of-the-art ICTs and their applications.

‘Knowledge Management (KM) is the set of professional practices which improves the capabilities of the organization’s human resources and enhances their ability to share what they know.’

Is a special program of the World Bank and many other international development agencies focusing on how the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) can help to combat poverty and promote opportunity, empowerment and economic growth in developing countries, a field of activity often referred to as 'ICT for Development', or ICT4D for short.

Is a society in which the manipulation of information is a significant and sometimes measured amount of personal activity. is a society in which the creation, distribution, diffusion, use, integration and manipulation of information is a significant economic, political, and cultural activity. The knowledge economy is its economic counterpart whereby wealth is created through the economic exploitation of understanding. People that have the means to partake in this form of society are sometimes called digital citizens. As Beniger[1] shows, this is one of many dozen labels that have been identified to suggest that we are entering a new phase of society.

ESCWA has created the Information Society Portal for the ESCWA Region (ISPER), which aims to track the progress of World Summit on the Information Society implementation in ESCWA member countries. ISPER is a bilingual (English/Arabic), database-driven, open-source application that showcases ESCWA publications, such as the Regional and National Profiles of the Information Society.

The science of classification according to a pre-determined system, with the resulting catalog used to provide a conceptual framework for discussion, analysis, or information retrieval.