#data

An API that exposes data as a graph of interconnected nodes and edges, allowing clients to traverse relationships and fetch exactly the data they need in a single request. GraphQL is the most common implementation, replacing multiple REST endpoints with a flexible query language.

“The graph API let the client fetch a user, their posts, and each post's comments in one request instead of four.”

Artificially generated data that mimics the statistical properties of real-world data, used for training or testing AI models. Synthetic data can be created by generative models, rule-based systems, or simulations, and is especially valuable when real data is scarce, sensitive, or expensive to collect.

“We generated synthetic medical records to train the model without risking patient privacy.”

Automated collection and transmission of data about a system's performance, usage, and health to a remote monitoring service. Software telemetry typically includes metrics (CPU, latency), events (errors, deployments), and logs — giving operators a live picture of system behavior at scale.

“The telemetry data showed a spike in error rates 10 minutes before the outage was reported.”