data
information arranged for automatic processing
digital data
discrete, discontinuous representations of information or works, as contrasted with continuous, or analog signals which behave in a continuous manner, or represent information using a continuous function
big data
information assets characterized by such a high volume, velocity, and variety to require specific technology and analytical methods for its transformation into value
dirty data
inaccurate, incomplete or inconsistent data, especially in a computer system or database
environmental data
data on aspects of the environment
magic cookie
short packet of data passed between communicating programs
missing data
concept in statistics
ordinal variable
statistical data type
test data
data which has been specifically identified as input for or output from tests, typically of a computer program
qualitative data
data that describes qualities or characteristics
structured data
information with a formal data model
master data
permanent or slowly changing data in an information system with basic information or details, such as address or customer category
shared secret
a computer password or cryptographic key
key
piece of information in cryptography
data
quantities, characters, or symbols on which operations are performed by a computer
sales lead
potential customer
raw data
data collected from a source, has not been subject to any other manipulation by a software program or a human researcher, analyst or technician
categorical variable
variable where there is no ordering among the values
semi-structured data
form of structured data
aggregate data
data combined from several measurements
Real-time data
information delivered immediately after collection
research data
collection of facts produced through systematic inquiry
data exhaust
data left as a side effect of computer use
labeled data
group of samples that have been tagged with one or more labels
data silo
data system or subsystem as part of a computer-resident administration system for which it is not possible to have data exchange with others that are or should be related
Real world data
medical data derived from many sources
authority record
individual record in an authority file, describing unique names, terms, or other entities
fact
datum or structured component of reality
input
in computing, input of a program or process, i.e. a command or signal from outer sources
container
software class, data structure, or abstract data type (ADT) whose instances are collections of other objects
Training, validation, and test sets
three datasets used in machine learning
mask
data type
context
data that must be saved to allow a computational task to be interrupted, and later continued from the same point
public use file
version of a file suitable for public access; often redcated
resource
data in executable file
secondary data
data collected not by the primary user
synthetic data
term for generated data
transaction data
data describing a transaction
public data
databases, digital files, and other information created and/or acquired by public institution pursuant to the laws
sales data
Data that have arisen because of cashier transactions at the point of sale
unstructured data
information without a formal data model
machine-readable data
data or metadata in a format that can be read by a computer
Raster graphic data
data type for raster graphics
argument
actual input passed to a function, procedure, or routine
statistical data
codified, fixed and transferable information
checksum
small-size datum computed from an arbitrary block of digital data for the purpose of detecting errors
bivariate data
data on each of two paired variables
economic data
data about the economy
output
in computing, output of a program or process