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| column group | | A named set of columns that can be used as a basis for [data access management](Access-control#data-access). |
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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`. |
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| Data Administrator | DA | The PEP role responsible for [data structuring](Data-structure) and management. Users with this role are called "data administrators". |
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| derived Data | | if a researcher gets data from the PEP repository, and generates new data from these data, they can be added to the PEP repository as derived data, based on the pseudonyms the researcher has received at the time of download. |
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| derived data | | Data that is generated from (analysis of) data retrieved from PEP. Researchers that create derived data can contribute them back to PEP by uploading them, using the pseudonyms that the researcher received at the time of download. |
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| 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. |
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| [Docker](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Docker_(software)) | | 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. |
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| download | | As a verb: the act of retrieving data from PEP.<br>As a noun: a data set that has been retrieved from PEP. |
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