knowledge base

Organized reference collection

A knowledge base is an organized collection of information that can be searched and retrieved.

In computing, it often refers to databases that power expert systems or customer support portals: Check the knowledge base before submitting a ticket.

More broadly, any structured repository of facts, procedures, or expertise: The company's knowledge base includes decades of engineering documentation.

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organization/structure

knowledge baseraw data

Unanalyzed collected information

data dump · raw input · noise · data lake · entropy

processing level

knowledge baseraw data

Unanalyzed collected information

raw input · data points

accessibility/availability

knowledge basetacit knowledge

Understanding that resists verbalization

hidden knowledge · tribal knowledge · implicit understanding · black box · lost knowledge

Family

base, know, knowledge, known, knowing, unknown, basement, acknowledge, knows

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