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- Data
- A set of one or more items of information inside an information technology system that is stored, processed or transferred.
- Database
- Information maintained in a computer storage system. A simple example of a database is a table or spreadsheet.
- DCMI
- Dublin Core Metadata Initiative, the maintenance agency for the Dublin Core.
- Demand
- The demand for government information and services by people.
- Department
- The generic term for the departments of the Public Service, as listed in the First Schedule of the State Sector Act 1988 (whether their names may be 'Ministry', 'Department', 'Office' or other specific name).
- Dial-up
- The process of, or the equipment or facilities involved in, establishing a temporary network connection via telephone network.
- Digital Certificate
- A digital certificate is an electronic means of establishing your credentials when doing business or other transactions on the Internet. It is issued by a certification authority. It contains your name, a serial number, expiration dates, a copy of the certificate holder's public key (used for encrypting and decrypting messages and digital signatures), and the digital signature of the certificate-issuing authority so that a recipient can verify that the certificate is real.
- Digital divide
- A perceived growing gap between those who have access to and the skills to use ICT and those who have limited or no access. Digital divide can be due to a number of reasons such as capability, geographic location, age, gender, physical disability, slower Internet connection, culture and/or socio-economic status.
- Digital rights management
- Digital rights management (DRM) is a set of technologies that describe and identify digital content protected by intellectual property rights, and enforce usage rules set by rights holders. When applied to documents, music or film, DRM can regulate what can be done with the content (for example, view, print, copy or save) and the time frame in which that content is accessible.
- Directory
- Directories provide a hierarchical storage of information (as opposed to relational schema or designs, such as databases). The de facto standard for directories is LDAP V3. Directories are use d to provide a quick and efficient storage for information about people, services and applications.
- Document
- 1. Any data that can be represented in a digital form. 2. Resources on www.govt.nz which are not services or agencies, even if they are not traditional "documents" - for example, a sculpture.
- Domain Name
- The unique name that identifies an organisation or other entity on the Internet. The domain name for the New Zealand Government is .govt.nz. Statutory entities and Government programmes can use the govt.nz domain name.
- Download
- The process of copying a file onto a computer through a network, typically from a server or other computing device. Download times can be greatly affected by the transmission speed of a network connection.
- Dublin Core (DC)
- An internationally recognised core set of metadata elements on which AGLS and NZGLS are based. More information here.
- Dumb-down Rule
- An element value must be meaningful when no qualifiers are present. More information about how to apply the dumb-down rule can be found on the DCMI Website.
