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data virtualization

/ˈdeɪ.tə ˌvɜːr.tʃu.ə.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/ - n.

1 [colloq.] The integration you postponed, now happening live, in front of the user.Keep. Punchy.This is the problem.

Working definition

2. A technique that provides unified, real-time access to data across sources through an abstraction layer, without physically moving or copying it.

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See also

data fabricThe word chosen because every other textile was taken.
data warehouseWhere data goes to be agreed upon, eventually, by people who have since left.
interoperabilityTerm struck pending the shared definitions, contracts, and identifiers two systems must agree on before they can be said to operate together at all.
zero-copy architectureZero copies of the data and the same number of agreements about what it means.