GlossaryΒΆ

NCBI
National Center for Biotechnology Information, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
E-Utilities
E-Utility
Collection of NCBI tools handling queries to Entrez
Entrez
NCBI database servers storing biomedical data and literature
UID
UIDs
Document identifier unique within one Entrez database
source database
The database from which UIDs are linkd from
target database
The database from which UIDs are linked
WebEnv
String referencing a E-Utility query
querykey
query_key
Number referencing a specific request for a WebEnv
Entrezpy query
Entrezpy querys
entrezpy query
entrezpy querys
A query to onn E-Utility function in entrezpy is considered one query, which can have several entrezpy requests.
Entrezpy request
Entrezpy requests
entrezpy request
entrezpy requests
One request as part of an entrezpy query.