Glossary of Terms (Airbyte Specific)

Last updated Sep 29, 2022 - Edit Source

• Airbyte

This is the start of the Glossary relevant for Airbyte specific, which are related to docs.airbyte.com or when using Airbyte.

You’ll find all terms at #airbyte, or you can get inspired with the following terms:

• Airbyte CDK

  Airbyte CDK

  The Airbyte CDK (Connector Development Kit) allows you to create connectors for Sources or Destinations. If your source or destination...

  8/8/2023

• Related to Incremental Sync

  What is Incremental Synchronization?

  Incremental synchronization is a process which efficiently copies data to a destination system by periodically executing queries on a source...

  8/8/2023

  and Full Refresh Sync

  What is Full Refresh Synchronization?

  A Full Refresh Sync will attempt to retrieve all data from the source every time a sync is run. Then...

  8/8/2023

  :
  • Cursor

    What is a Cursor?

    At a conceptual level, a cursor is a tracker that is used during incremental synchronization to ensure that only newly...

    8/8/2023

    , Soft Delete

    What is a Soft Delete?

    In order to propagate records that have been deleted when using Incremental Synchronization modes, records in a database may include a field...

    8/8/2023

    , Partial Success

    Partial Success

    A Partial Success indicates that some records were successfully committed to the destination during a sync, even when the overall sync status...

    8/8/2023

    , and   Raw Tables

    Raw Tables

    Airbyte spits out tables with the prefix airbyteraw_. This is your replicated data, but the prefix indicates that it's not normalized....

    8/8/2023

• Airbyte Normalization

  Airbyte Normalization

  Normalization is the process of structuring data from the source into a format appropriate for consumption in the destination. For example,...

  8/8/2023

• ETL and ELT

  ETL and ELT with Airbyte

  ELT and ETL specific to Airbyte mean: Extract: Retrieve data from a source, which can be an application, database, or anything really. Load:...

  8/8/2023

• Airbyte Catalog

  Airbyte Catalog

  Info This is only relevant for individuals who want to create a connector. This refers to how you define the data that...

  8/8/2023

• Airbyte Specification

  Airbyte Specification

  Info This is only relevant for individuals who want to create a connector. This refers to the functions that a Source or...

  8/8/2023

• Temporal

  Temporal

  Info This is only relevant for individuals who want to learn about or contribute to our underlying platform. Temporal is a development kit...

  8/8/2023