Glossary
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| Words (or words that have the same definition) | The definition is case sensitive | (Optional) Image to display with the definition [Not displayed in Glossary, only in pop-up on pages] | (Optional) Caption for Image | (Optional) External or Internal Link | (Optional) Source for Definition |
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| (Eg. "Genetic, Hereditary, DNA ...") | (Eg. "Relating to genes or heredity") |  |
The infamous double helix | https://bio.libretexts.org/ | CC-BY-SA; Delmar Larsen |
| Word(s) | Definition | Image | Caption | Link | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AECO | architecture, engineering, construction and operation of buildings | ||||
| AI | Artificial Intelligence | ||||
| Arc (graphs) | directed edges | ||||
| B | byte | ||||
| BIM | building information modelling | ||||
| BIM checker | computer program in which one primarily views and analyses a model | ||||
| BIM editor | computer program in which one primarily develops and modifies a model | ||||
| Bridge (graphs) | an edge that divides a graph into two unconnected parts | ||||
| CAAD (computer-aided architectural design) | the discipline covering all aspects of computerization in AECO | ||||
| CAD (computer-aided design) | a category of software primarily aimed at the computerization of design representations, including engineering drawings (2D) and models (3D) | ||||
| Center (graphs) | the vertices with an eccentricity equal to the radius of the graph | ||||
| Closeness of a vertex (graphs) | its inverse mean distance to all other vertices in the graph | ||||
| Connected graph | a graph in which each vertex connects to every other vertex by some sequence of edges and vertices | ||||
| Co-termination | the condition of two entities (e.g. walls) having a common endpoint | ||||
| Degree of a vertex (graphs) | the number of edges incident to it | ||||
| Degree sequence (graphs) | sequence obtained by listing the degrees of vertices in a graph | ||||
| DM | design management | ||||
| Diameter (graphs) | the greatest eccentricity of any vertex in a graph | ||||
| Directed graph (or digraph) | a graph in which edges have a direction (arcs) | ||||
| Distance (graphs) | the number of edges in the shortest path between two vertices | ||||
| Eccentricity (graphs) | the greatest distance between a vertex and any other vertex in a graph | ||||
| Edge (graphs) | usually a relation between two things (represented as vertices) | ||||
| Even vertex (graphs) | a vertex with an even degree | ||||
| Exabyte (EB) | 1,000 PB | ||||
| Gigabyte (GB) | 1,000 MB | ||||
| Graphs | mathematical structures that describe pairwise relations between things | ||||
| IFC (Industry Foundation Classes) | a standard underlying BIM | ||||
| IM | information management | ||||
| In-degree (graphs) | the number of arcs incoming to a node | ||||
| IoT | Internet of things | ||||
| Kilobyte (kB) | 1,000 B | ||||
| Leaf (graphs) | a vertex with a degree of 1 | ||||
| LoD | level of development (or detail) in BIM | ||||
| Megabyte (MB) | 1,000 KB | ||||
| MEP | mechanical, electrical and plumbing | ||||
| Moore’s “law” | the number of transistors on a chip doubles every year while the costs are halved | ||||
| MTC | mathematical theory of communication, formulated by Claude Shannon | ||||
| Node (graph) | synonym of vertex, used exclusively for digraphs in this book | ||||
| Odd vertex (graphs) | a vertex with an odd degree | ||||
| Order (graphs) | the number of vertices in a graph | ||||
| Out-degree (graphs) | the number of arcs outgoing from a node | ||||
| Path (graphs) | a sequence of edges and vertices in which no vertex occurs more than once | ||||
| Periphery (graphs) | the vertices with an eccentricity equal to the diameter of the graph | ||||
| Petabyte (PB) | 1,000 TB | ||||
| portable document format | |||||
| Radius (graphs) | the smallest eccentricity of any vertex in a graph | ||||
| Sink (graphs) | synonym of terminal | ||||
| Size (graphs) | the number of edges in a graph | ||||
| Source (graphs) | a node with an in-degree of 0 | ||||
| Terabyte (TB) | 1,000 GB | ||||
| Terminal (graphs) | a node with an out-degree of 0 | ||||
| Vertex (graphs) | usually the representation of a thing | ||||
| Walk (graphs) | a sequence of edges and vertices | ||||
| Yottabyte (YB) | 1,000 ZB | ||||
| Zettabyte (ZB) | 1,000 EB |