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semantic gap

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semantic gap

The difference between a data or language structure and the real world. For example, in order processing, a company can be both customer and supplier. Since there is no way to model this in a hierarchical database, the semantic gap is said to be large. A network database could handle this condition, resulting in a smaller semantic gap.


semantic gap [si′man·tik ′gap]
(computer science)
The difference between a data or language structure and the objects that it models.

semantic gap - The difference between the complex operations performed by high-level language constructs and the simple ones provided by computer instruction sets. It was in an attempt to try to close this gap that computer architects designed increasingly complex instruction set computers.


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Creating data services (rather than custom coding data manipulations into each application) enables developers to bridge semantic gaps more efficiently and create reusable modules that isolate the impact of changes in data structures.
Khoshafian focuses on how the semantic gap between business process modeling and execution impedes continuous improvement and robs companies of the agility they need to respond to sudden market shifts.
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