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Environment - A subset of the IT Infrastructure that is used for a particular purpose. For Example: Live Environment, Test Environment, Build Environment. It is possible for multiple Environments to share a Configuration Item, for example Test and Live Environments may use different partitions on a single mainframe computer. Also used in the term Physical Environment to mean the accommodation, air conditioning, power system etc. (Baseline IT definition)

Source: The Data Governance Institute, 03 December 2009 10:07:52, http://www.datagovernance.com/glossary-governance/ External

Environment - In the context of information technology, environment refers to the conditions surrounding data, such as databases, data formats, servers, network and any other components that impact the data. Also a subset of the IT Infrastructure that is used for a particular purpose. For Example: Development Environment, Test Environment, Live/Production Environment.

[Category=Data Governance ]

Source: The Data Governance Institute, 03 December 2009 10:08:16, http://www.datagovernance.com/glossary-governance/ External


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Environment - In the computer technology context, it refers to the conditions surrounding data, such as databases, data formats, servers, network and any other components that impact the data.

[Category=Information Management ]

Source: Information-Management.com, 18 June 2010 08:25:38, http://www.information-management.com/glossary/e.html External


Environment - In the computer technology context, it refers to the conditions surrounding data, such as databases, data formats, servers, network and any other components that impact the data.

[Category=Data Management ]

Source: DataMentors, 19 August 2010 12:58:25, http://www.datamentors.com/News-and-Resources/Glossary.html External


Environment - Environment is all of the process conditions surrounding or affecting the manufacture and quality of a part or product.

[Category=Quality ]

Source: The Quality Portal, 07 April 2011 07:50:58, http://thequalityportal.com/glossary/b.htm External 

 

 

 


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