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Term Description
Docker An open platform for developing, shipping, and running applications. Docker provides the ability to package and run an application in a loosely isolated environment called a container
Approximate Garbage Score (AGS) The «quality» value of a face as determined by the neural network prior to descriptor extraction
Docker Compose A tool for defining and running multi-container Docker applications
Docker registry A tool for storing Docker images
Liveness Software method that enables you to confirm whether a person in one or more images is “real” or a fraudster using a fake ID (printed face photo, video, paper or 3D mask)
LUNA PLATFORM VisionLabs automated facial recognition system designed to process, collect, analyze, store, and compare biometric data obtained from facial images
LUNA SDK (Software development kit) VisionLabs development kit including libraries and neural networks for face detection, attribute estimation and Liveness estimation on the acquired image
Descriptor Data set in closed, binary format prepared by recognition system based on the characteristic being analyzed
Docker container A runnable instance of an image. A container is defined by its image as well as any configuration options provided to it when it was created or started. When a container is removed, any changes to its state that are not stored in persistent storage disappear. The isolation and security allow to run many containers simultaneously on a given host
Docker image A read-only template with instructions for creating a Docker container
Plugin Independently compiled program module, dynamically connected to LUNA PASS API and designed to extend its capabilities
Spoofing attack Substitution of a real person for a fake image (for example, a photograph) to deceive the system