CWDS Glossary
The CWDS Glossary includes a List of Acronyms and defined terms captured from various models, reports, and other artifacts pertaining to the Child Welfare System – California Automated Response and Engagement System (CWS-CARES) Project. The Glossary standardizes terms used across the various project disciplines; each term is defined with its meaning specific to the project domain.
The State may update the CWDS Glossary at any time. Any questions please contact CWDS Communications.
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Unified Modeling Language (UML)
A general-purpose modeling language in the field of software engineering, which is designed to provide a standard way to visualize the design of a system.
Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS)
An electrical apparatus that provides emergency power to a load when the input power source or main power fails.
Unit Test
A software testing method by which individual units of source code, sets of one or more computer program modules together with associated control data, usage procedures, and operating procedures, are tested to determine whether they are fit for use.
Unstructured data
Information that either does not have a pre-defined data model or is not organized in a pre-defined manner. Unstructured data (or information) is typically text-heavy, but may contain data such as dates, numbers, and facts as well. Term utilized to refer to electronic document attachments. Examples of unstructured data include documents, photographs, audio files, video files, email messages, and multimedia files. See Binary Large Object.
Update Design Spike to 'Spike'
Effort whose purpose is to guide a team towards an answer or solution that cannot currently be estimated. A prefix or label added to a user story that was created to resolve a technical question or a design problem.
Uptime
The time the transaction processing platform is available for productive work, excluding scheduled downtime for maintenance services.
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Provides leadership on food, agriculture, natural resources, rural development, nutrition, and related issues based on public policy, the best available science, and effective management.
Use Case
In software and systems engineering, a use case is a list of actions or event steps, typically defining the interactions between a role and a system, to achieve a goal. The actor can be a human, an external system, etc.
User-centered design
Design based on research and the needs of the users of the system.
User Experience/ User Interface (UX/UI) Design (UX/UI Design)
Both elements are crucial to a product and work closely together. Where UX design is a more analytical and technical field, UI design is closer to what is referred to as graphic design, though the responsibilities are somewhat more complex.