Structure of business process flows. Business process flows consist of a series of stages, each containing a number of steps. Only one stage is the active stage. When the required steps in each stage are complete, the process can move on to the next stage and it becomes the active stage.
Datum is, from its Latin origin, a singular form of data, and may refer to a single item of data. 1 Singular data point.
A checksum is a small-size datum from a block of digital data for the purpose of detecting errors which may have been introduced during its transmission or storage. It is usually applied to an installation file after it is received from the download server.