Statistical Terms Glossary

Annual teaching or examination period during which students attend courses or take final examinations, not taking minor breaks into account. It may be shorter than 12 months, but would typically not be shorter than 9 months. It may vary for different levels of education or types of educational institutions within a country. This is also referred to as the school year, mainly for the pre-tertiary level.

A guarantee whereby a call for payment can be advanced if the loan is declared in default, before the maturities being guaranteed become payable.

Declaration by a lender that the outstanding principal is due and payable immediately, together with the interest due, following non-compliance with loan covenants.

Formal agreement that an IT Service, Process, Plan, or other Deliverable is complete, accurate, Reliable and meets its specified Requirements. Acceptance is usually preceded by Evaluation or Testing and is often required before proceeding to the next stage of a Project or Process.

The criteria that a deliverable must satisfy to be accepted by a user, customer, or other authorized entity.

Formal testing conducted to enable a user, customer, or other authorized entity to determine whether to accept a deliverable.

Reading data from memory or writing to it, or connect to the Internet or other networks or systems

This concept has three parts: resources, access, and control. The first, resources, refers to means and goods, including economic (household income) or productive means (land, equipment, tools, work, credit); political means (capability for leadership, information and organization); and time. Access and control have slightly different meanings. Access refers to the ability to use and benefit from specific resources (material, financial, human, social, political, etc.) whereas control over resources also entails being able to make decisions over the use of that resource. For example, women’s control over land means that they can access land (use it), own land (can be the legal title-holders), and make decisions about whether to sell or rent the land. Access and control over resources is a key element of women’s empowerment, and by extension, the achievement of gender equality. 

Statistical indicators indicating the readiness of the technical infrastructure (networks and software) and the rate of utilization of these infrastructure in accessing the Internet

(TOGAF) A security service that ensures only those users with the correct rights can access a specific device, application, or data.
(ISACA) The processes, rules and deployment mechanisms that control access to information systems, resources and physical access to premises.

An internal computerized table of access rules regarding the levels of computer access permitted to logon IDs and computer terminals.

It refers to the wheelchair symbol (in blue and white) that is used in public places to denote that the vehicle, building or its facilities (such as lavatories) are accessible.

In computer BIOS settings for Intel desktop boards, Access Level is a maintenance option that displays the current user's access level

The Process responsible for allowing Users to make use of IT Services, data, or other Assets. Access Management helps to protect the Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability of Assets by ensuring that only authorized Users are able to access or modify the Assets. Access Management is sometimes referred to as Rights Management or Identity Management.

In computer networking, a wireless access point (WAP) is a device that allows wireless communication devices to connect to a wireless network using Wi-Fi, Bluetooth or related standards. The WAP usually connects to a wired network, and can relay data between the wireless devices (such as computers or printers) and wired devices on the network.

The permission or privileges granted to users, programs or workstations to create, change, delete or view data and files within a system, as defined by rules established by data owners and the information security policy.

The availability of a resource that includes several components such as geographic or physical accessibility, financial and social accessibility.

Health-related consideration of the WHO Gender Analysis Matrix. Gender norms, roles and relations impact access and use of health services that includes the following components: availability, affordability, accessibility, accommodation and acceptability.

Equal access to employment must be guaranteed to women and men workers before and during the hiring process. According to Convention No. 183, pregnancy and maternity should not constitute a source of discrimination in access to employment, and member States should take appropriate measures to ensure this. Convention No. 156 calls for the right of workers with family responsibilities to engage in employment without discrimination, to free choice of employment, and training and guidance to promote their access to employment. Recommendation No. 165 expands on these principles.

Ensuring that persons with disabilities have access, on an equal basis with others, to the physical environment, to transportation, to information and communications, including information and communications technologies and systems, and to other facilities and services open or provided to the public, both in urban and in rural areas.

The ease and conditions under which statistical information can be obtained.

The ease and the conditions with which statistical information can be obtained.

A standard is a level of quality accepted as the norm. The principle of accessibility may be mandated in law or treaty, and then specified in detail according to international or national regulations, standards, or codes, which may be compulsory or voluntary.

An occurrence associated with the operation of an aircraft which takes place between the time any person boards the aircraft with the intention of flight until such time as all such persons have disembarked, in which one of the following applies: A person is fatally or seriously injured. Where this is as a result of being in the aircraft , or direct contact with any part of the aircraft , including parts which have become detached from the aircraft , or direct exposure to jet blast, except when the injuries are from natural causes, self inflicted or inflicted by other persons, or when the injuries are to stowaways hiding outside the areas normally available to the passengers and crew. The aircraft sustains damage or structural failure; Where this adversely affects the structural strength, performance or flight characteristics of the aircraft , and would normally require major repair or replacement of the affected component, except for engine failure or damage. When the damage is limited to the engine, its cowlings or accessories: or for damage limited to propellers, wing tips, antennas, tires, brakes, fairings, small dents or puncture holes in the aircraft skin; The aircraft is missing or is completely inaccessible.

Any injury accident involving one or more road vehicle and one or more pedestrian.

An accident or incident that takes place during loading, filling, carriage or unloading of dangerous goods and that is subject to reporting by the loader, filler, carrier or consignee to the competent authority on the territory of which the accident occurred, at the latest one month after the occurrence, in accordance with international instruments on the transport of dangerous goods.

An accident on the national territory of a country.

An injury accident where at least one driver is reported to be under the influence of alcohol, drugs or medication impairing driving ability, according to national regulations.

Is meant to collide a vehicle with a person whether the accident results in death disability or injury

Accidents to one or more persons that are either hit by a railway vehicle or part of it or hit by an object attached to the vehicle or that has become detached from it. Persons that fall from railway vehicles are included, as well as persons that fall or are hit by loose objects when travelling on board railway vehicles.