Tackling AI Bias: Ensuring Ethical and Unbiased Artificial Intelligence
Binary
A system of numerical notation in which only the values of 0 and 1 are used.
Bisynchronous
A communication protocol whereby messages are sent as blocks of characters. The blocks of data are checked for completeness and accuracy by the receiving computer.
Business Document
A set of information components that are interchanged as part of a business activity.
Business Partner
The entity with which EDI business documents are exchanged. This may be either the sender or the receiver of information in EDI.
Business Partner Agreement
In RosettaNet, Business Partner Agreements contain the general contract terms and conditions, participant roles (buyers, sellers), communication and security protocols, and business processes (valid actions, sequencing rules, etc.). Extensible Markup Language-based Business Partner Agreement documents capture the essential information upon which business partners must agree in order for their applications and business processes to communicate.
Business Process
A set of related activities that, when correctly performed, will satisfy an explicit business goal.
Business Process Modelling
Also called ‘as is’ modelling, a component of the RosettaNet concept development used to identify the elements of a business process and create a clearly defined model of business partner interfaces as they exist today.
Business to Business (B2B)
The practice of buying and selling between companies through the use of electronic transactions.
Business to Business (B2B) Integration
The secured coordination of business information among companies and their information.
CEDI
The Common EDI Forum, which has developed a set of message implementation guidelines for the UK’s grocery industry.
CEFACT
Also known as UN/CEFACT. The United Nations Center for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business.
Classifier
A term used to describe how items such as products are grouped.
Clearing House
A third party used for centralizing the sending and receiving of electronic messages or documents between business partners. Messages/documents are held by the third party until the receiver is available to receive them.
Communication Software
Programs that allow computers to communicate through modems. Some are capable of automatic communications, such as auto-dial and auto-answer.
Communications
The means of electronically linking two computers to exchange information.
Compliance Checking
Checking process used to ensure that a transmission complies with ANSI X12 syntax rules (US).
Conditional (C)
A data element requirement designator that indicates that the presence of a specified data element is dependent on the value or presence of other data elements in the segment. The condition must be stated and must be able to be computer-processed.
Confirmation
A notification that the transmission has been received by the intended receiver. [See also Functional Acknowledgment].
Consumer Packaged Goods
Consumer packaged goods are consumable goods such as food, beverages, footwear, and apparel, tobacco, and cleaning products.
Continuous Replenishment Program
The concept of continuous supply of goods between supplier and business partner based on automated exchange of current demand, inventory, and stock management information, within the framework of an agreed supply policy. The aim of continuous replenishment is to achieve a responsive and precise flow of product to the store with minimum stock holding and…
CONTRL
A message which is the EDIFACT equivalent of the Functional Acknowledgement (FA).
Control Envelope
Used to validate the receipt of correct and complete data.
Control Number
Also known as reference number. An identification number used to distinguish a standard data element (data element identifier) or a standard segment (segment identifier).
Control Segment
A control segment that has the same structure as a data segment but is used for transferring control information for grouping data segments.
Control Structure
The beginning and end (header and trailer) segments for entities in EDI.
Control Validation
Confirmation that information within the control segments is correct.
CPFR
Collaborative Planning, Forecasting and Replenishment. An industry initiative focused on improving the partnership between manufacturers and distributors/retailers through shared information.
Data Element
One or more data items, forming a unit or piece of information as defined in the data dictionary of a system of EDI Standards, and contained in an EDI message or transaction set. The term “data element” is often abbreviated as “DE” followed immediately by the data element number (i.e., data element 128 would be abbreviated as DE128)…
Data Element, Composite
Two or more related data items separated by a delimiter character, grouped together to form a unit or piece of information as defined in the data dictionary of a system of EDI Standards, and contained in an EDI message or transaction set.
Data pool
a GDSN-compliant mechanism for business partners to share and synchronize data. As well as storing product data, a data pool provides the necessary functions and workflow to communicate with the GLOBALRegistry and with other data pools.