Glossary of terms

This page lists alphabetically the meaning of various terms used in dislib’s documentation:

term:environment
array-like
an instance of an object that can be interpreted as an array (e.g., a list, a sparse matrix, a NumPy array, etc.)
block
a part of a ds-array that is normally stored remotely.
column
a column in a ds-array.
column block
a block or set of blocks representing a set of columns in a ds-array.
csr_matrix
an instance of a sparse matrix in compressed sparse row format.
ds-array
an instance of a distributed array.
estimator
anything that learns from data. Typically, an object that fits a model given some parameters and input data.
feature
each of the dimensions of a sample array. For example, petal length or color.
fit
learn a model from input data.
label
a number that represents the category of a sample.
ndarray
an instance of a NumPy array.
predict
infer the category of unlabeled data according to a fitted model.
row
a row in a ds-array (also a sample).
row block
a block or set of blocks that represent a set of rows in a ds-array.
sample
an array that normally represents an observation or an instance. For example, the characteristics of a particular flower.
shape
the total number of rows and columns of a ds-array (or NumPy array)
spmatrix
an instance of a SciPy’s sparse matrix.
synchronization
when the execution of a parallel application stalls until certain data is generated, or until all tasks have finished.
task
a unit of computation that can be executed in a remote computer.