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data British & World English

facts and statistics collected together for reference or analysis

data in datum British & World English

a piece of information

big data British & World English

data sets that are too large and complex to manipulate or interrogate with standard methods or tools

data dump British & World English

a large amount of data transferred from one system or location to another

data link British & World English

a telecommunications link over which data is transmitted

data set British & World English

a collection of related sets of information that is composed of separate elements but can be manipulated as a unit by a computer

data smog British & World English

an overwhelming excess of information, especially that obtained as the result of an Internet search

data type British & World English

a particular kind of data item, as defined by the values it can take, the programming language used, or the operations that can be performed on it

data centre British & World English

a large group of networked computer servers typically used by organizations for the remote storage, processing, or distribution of large amounts of data

data mining British & World English

the practice of examining large pre-existing databases in order to generate new information

data capture British & World English

the action or process of gathering data, especially from an automatic device, control system, or sensor

data terminal British & World English

a terminal at which a person can enter data into a computer-based system or receive data from one

data dictionary British & World English

a set of information describing the contents, format, and structure of a database and the relationship between its elements, used to control access to and manipulation of the database

data processing British & World English

the carrying out of operations on data, especially by a computer, to retrieve, transform, or classify information

data protection British & World English

legal control over access to and use of data stored in computers

data warehouse British & World English

a large store of data accumulated from a wide range of sources within a company and used to guide management decisions

data communications British & World English

the electronic transmission of encoded information to, from, or between computers

biodata British & World English

biographical details

geodata British & World English

computerized geographical data

metadata British & World English

a set of data that describes and gives information about other data

datapoint British & World English

an identifiable element in a data set

sense datum British & World English

an immediate object of perception, which is not a material object; a sense impression

ordnance datum British & World English

the mean sea level as defined for Ordnance Survey

data English-French

données

data English-Italian

dati mpl

data English-Spanish

datos, información

data link English-Italian

collegamento m dati

data entry English-French

introduction

data entry English-Italian

immissione

data input English-Italian

input m dati

data capture English-German

Datenerfassung

data highway English-German

Datenautobahn

data security English-German

Datensicherung

data storage English-German

Datenspeicherung

data capture English-Italian

registrazione

data handling English-Italian

manipolazione

data storage English-Italian

archiviazione f dati

data processing English-German

Datenverarbeitung