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| [Castor](https://www.castoredc.com/electronic-data-capture-system/) | | An Electronic Data Capturing (EDC) system that PEP integrates with. |
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| cell | | The intersection of a column and a row, usable to store a single piece of data associated with a single participant. |
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| column | | A data structuring primitive associated with a single type of data, or with a single measurement. Columns are referred to by their names. |
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| column group | | A named set of columns that can be used as a basis for [data access management](Access-management#data-access). |
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| download | | The act of retrieving data from PEP. |
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| Data Administrator | DA | The PEP role responsible for [data structuring](Data-structure) and management. |
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| Electronic Data Capturing system | EDC | Third-party software used to gather 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/). |
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| identifier | ID | A piece of information that uniquely denotes a single piece of data. The polymorphic pseudonym (PP) is PEP's primary [identifier type for rows](https://gitlab.pep.cs.ru.nl/pep-public/user-docs/-/wikis/Pseudonymization#identifiers-in-pep). |
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| local pseudonym | LP | A row identifier that is unique to an access group. Different access groups use different local pseudonyms to refer to the same row. |
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| participant | | A subject in an academic research study. The term is commonly used in PEP software and documentation as a synonym for a data row. |
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| participant group | | A named set of rows that can be used as a basis for [data access management](Access-management#data-access). |
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| [participant identifier](https://gitlab.pep.cs.ru.nl/pep-public/user-docs/-/wikis/Pseudonymization#participant-identifier) | | A fixed (non-polymorphic) identifier associated with a single PEP row. |
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| Polymorphic Encryption and Pseudonymization | PEP | A software system geared toward secure data storage, and toward preservation of privacy and confidentiality. |
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| pepAssessor | | A GUI application used for the registration, lookup and management of (academic research) subjects whose data are stored in PEP. Primarily intended for use by research assessors. |
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