Traitement de donnéesEn informatique, le terme traitement de données ou traitement électronique des données renvoie à une série de processus qui permettent d'extraire de l'information ou de produire du savoir à partir de données brutes. Ces processus, une fois programmés, sont le plus souvent automatisés à l'aide d'ordinateurs. Si les résultats finaux produits par ces processus sont destinés à des humains, leur présentation est souvent essentielle pour en apprécier la valeur. Cette appréciation est cependant variable selon les personnes.
VirtualisationLa virtualisation consiste, en informatique, à exécuter sur une machine hôte, dans un environnement isolé, des systèmes d'exploitation — on parle alors de virtualisation système — ou des applications — on parle alors de virtualisation applicative. Ces ordinateurs virtuels sont appelés serveur privé virtuel (Virtual Private Server ou VPS) ou encore environnement virtuel (Virtual Environment ou VE).
Hardware virtualizationHardware virtualization is the virtualization of computers as complete hardware platforms, certain logical abstractions of their componentry, or only the functionality required to run various operating systems. Virtualization hides the physical characteristics of a computing platform from the users, presenting instead an abstract computing platform. At its origins, the software that controlled virtualization was called a "control program", but the terms "hypervisor" or "virtual machine monitor" became preferred over time.
Data PreprocessingData preprocessing can refer to manipulation or dropping of data before it is used in order to ensure or enhance performance, and is an important step in the data mining process. The phrase "garbage in, garbage out" is particularly applicable to data mining and machine learning projects. Data collection methods are often loosely controlled, resulting in out-of-range values, impossible data combinations, and missing values, amongst other issues. Analyzing data that has not been carefully screened for such problems can produce misleading results.
Application virtualizationApplication virtualization is a software technology that encapsulates computer programs from the underlying operating system on which they are executed. A fully virtualized application is not installed in the traditional sense, although it is still executed as if it were. The application behaves at runtime like it is directly interfacing with the original operating system and all the resources managed by it, but can be isolated or sandboxed to varying degrees.
