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Glossary

Terms or Expression (EN) Termo ou Expressão (PT) Description (EN)
Administrator Administrador A person responsible for carrying out the administration of a business or organization.
Algorithm Algoritmo A step-by-step procedure for solving a problem or accomplishing some end.
Application Aplicação A program that performs a particular task or set of tasks.
Asymptotic Behavior Comportamento Assintótico The asymptotic behavior of sequences of random variables – that is, the behavior of infinitely long sequences of random variables – is an involved mathematical concept but it has important implications for the statistical analysis of data from large samples.
Benchmark Algorithm Algoritmo de Referência In statistical learning benchmarking is the methodology of comparing learners or algorithms with respect to a certain performance measure.
Brute-Force Algorithm Algoritmo de Força Bruta In computer science, brute-force search or exhaustive search, also known as generate and test, is a very general problem-solving technique and algorithmic paradigm that consists of systematically enumerating all possible candidates for the solution and checking whether each candidate satisfies the problem's statement.
Centers Centros The point from which an activity or process is directed, or on which it is focused.
Client Cliente A person served by or utilizing the services of a social agency.
Computational Complexity Complexidade Computacional In computer science, the computational complexity or simply complexity of an algorithm is the amount of resources required to run it. Particular focus is given to time and memory requirements.
Contiguous Contíguo Being in actual contact : touching along a boundary or at a point.
Coordinator Coordenador A person whose job is to organize events or activities and to negotiate with others in order to ensure they work together effectively.
Default Predefinição A preselected option adopted by a computer program or other mechanism when no alternative is specified by the user or programmer.
Employee Funcionário A person employed for wages or salary, especially at non-executive level.
FIFO Queue Fila FIFO A FIFO queue is a queue that operates on a first-in, first-out (FIFO) principle. This means that the request (like a customer in a store or a print job sent to a printer) is processed in the order in which it arrives.
GHD DGS Acronym for General Health Directorate.
GRHC AGES Acronym for Groupings of Health Centers.
NHS SNS Acronym for National Health Service.
Nurse Enfermeira A person skilled or trained in caring for sick or injured people.
Outbreak Surto A sudden rise in the incidence of a disease.
Perfomance Desempenho The execution of an action.
RHA ARS Acronym for Regional Health Administration.
Receptionist Rececionista A receptionist is an employee taking an office or administrative support position.
SMS SMS Acronym for Short Message Service.
Slot Intervalo A time when something can happen or is planned to happen, especially when it is one of several possible times.
System Sistema A group of devices or artificial objects or an organization forming a network especially for distributing something or serving a common purpose.
Time Complexity Complexidade Temporal Time complexity is the amount of time taken by an algorithm to run, as a function of the length of the input. It measures the time taken to execute each statement of code in an algorithm.
User Utilizador A person who uses or operates something.
Vaccine Vacina A vaccine is a biological preparation that provides active acquired immunity to a particular infectious disease. A vaccine typically contains an agent that resembles a disease-causing microorganism and is often made from weakened or killed forms of the microbe, its toxins, or one of its surface proteins.