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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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| PEP | A data storage system that provides polymorphic encryption and pseudonymization. |
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| polymorphic pseudonym (PP) | A row identifier that is partially randomized. While any PP refers to a single row, a row is not uniquely associated with a single PP. |
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| pseudonymization | The process of making information difficult to associate with any particular person or data entry. Commonly achieved by replacing personally identifying information by meaningless identifiers. |
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| [pseudonymization](Pseudonymization) | The process of making information difficult to associate with any particular person or data entry. Commonly achieved by replacing personally identifying information by meaningless identifiers. |
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| row | A data structuring primitive associated with a single entity or data subject. Rows are referred to by their identifiers. |
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| table | The conceptual structure of PEP's storage, in which rows refer to data entries (participants or subjects) and columns to different types of data (or separate measurements). |
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| upload | The storage of data in PEP. |
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