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Advanced Research Computing at Hopkins (ARCH)
Advanced Research at Hopkins (ARCH) is a shared computing facility at Johns Hopkins University that enables research, discovery, and learning, relying on the use and development of advanced computing.
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Bright Cluster Manager
A software tool from Bright Computing that simplifies the deployment, management, and use of high-performance computing (HPC) and AI clusters.
Business Associate Agreement (BAA)
A contract between a covered entity (like a healthcare provider) and a business associate (like a billing service) that outlines how Protected Health Information (PHI) will be handled.
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Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI)
Information that law, regulation, or governmentwide policy requires to have safeguarding or disseminating controls.
Core
An individual processing unit within a Central Processing Unit (CPU) responsible for executing instructions and performing calculations
Compute Unified Device Architecture (CUDA)
A parallel computing platform and programming model that makes using a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) for general purpose computing simple.
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Graphical User Interface (GUI)
A computer program that enables a person to communicate with a computer through the use of symbols, visual metaphors, and pointing devices.
Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)
A specialized electronic circuit designed to accelerate the processing and rendering of digital images and graphics.
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High-performance Computing (HPC)
The ability to process data and perform calculations at high speeds.
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Institutional Review Board (IRB)
Responsible for protecting the rights and welfare of the human subjects of research conducted by faculty and staff at Johns Hopkins
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Limited data set
A limited data set is a limited set of identifiable patient information as defined in the Privacy Regulations issued under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, better known as “HIPAA”.
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Multi-factor Authentication (MFA)
A security method that requires users to provide multiple verification factors to access a resource, such as an account or application instead of just a username and password.
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NIST SP 800-171
The National Institute of Standards and Technology Special Publication (NIST SP) 800-171 provides the recommended security requirements for protecting the confidentiality of Controlled Unclassified Information when the information is resident in nonfederal systems and organizations.
Network Attached Storage (NAS)
A dedicated storage device that connects to a network, allowing multiple users and devices to access and share data centrally.
Node
Any physical device that is connected to a network and is capable of transmitting, receiving, or forwarding data.
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Observational Medical Outcomes Partnership (OMOP) Common Data Model (CDM)
An open community data standard, designed to standardize the structure and content of observational data and to enable efficient analyses that can produce reliable evidence.
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Precision Medicine Center of Excellence
Helps researcher translate insights into clinical applications.
Protected Health Information
Any health information that can identify an individual that is in possession of or transmitted by a “covered entity” or its business associates that relates to a patient’s past, present, or future health. This data includes demographic information.
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Random Access Memory (RAM)
A hardware device that allows information to be stored and retrieved on a computer.
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Secure Shell (SSH) protocol
A method for securely sending commands to a computer over an unsecured network.
Simple Linux Universal Resource Manager (SLURM)
SLURM, or Simple Linux Universal Resource Manager, is an open source application used to manage resource scheduling and job submission. SLURM uses partitions to divide jobs within the application, allowing for customized organization.
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Video Random Access Memory (VRAM)
VRAM, or Video Random Access is a dedicated memory on a computer’s graphics card or graphics processing unit (GPU) that stores and manages data related to graphics and video processing.
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