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| command line interface | CLI | A facility to interact with computer software by means of textual input and output. Contrast with GUI, which provides an image-based interface. PEP's main CLI utility is called `pepcli`. |
| Data Administrator | DA | The PEP role responsible for [data structuring](Data-structure) and management. Users with this role are called "data administrators". |
| device | | An instrument or apparatus that collects data to be stored by PEP. The term is commonly used to refer to wearable devices (such as smart watches) that collect biometric data. |
| Docker | | Virtualization software that allows software to be delivered and executed with a level of isolation that operating systems do not provide. PEP's Linux-based software is distributed in the form of Docker containers. |
| download | | As a verb: the act of retrieving data from PEP.<br>As a noun: a data set that has been retrieved from PEP. |
| Electronic Data Capturing system | EDC | (Third-party) software used to collect and store data, e.g. from academic research study subjects. PEP provides out-of-the-box integration with the [Castor EDC](https://www.castoredc.com/electronic-data-capture-system/). |
| [ElGamal encryption](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ElGamal_encryption) | | The cryptographic algorithm used as a basis for PEP's polymorphism. |
