| acquisition | the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something, the acquisition of wealth, the acquisition of one company by another |
| data encryption | (computer science) the encryption of data for security purposes |
racket
fraudulent scheme
illegitimate enterprise | an illegal enterprise (such as extortion or fraud or drug peddling or prostitution) carried on for profit |
computer
computing machine
computing device
data processor
electronic computer
information processing system | a machine for performing calculations automatically |
computer system
computing system
automatic data processing system
ADP system
ADPS | a system of one or more computers and associated software with common storage |
| data converter | converter for changing information from one code to another |
data input device
input device | a device that can be used to insert data into a computer or other computational device |
| data multiplexer | a multiplexer that permits two or more data sources to share a common transmission medium |
data system
information system | system consisting of the network of all communication channels used within an organization |
| link data link | an interconnecting circuit between two or more locations for the purpose of transmitting and receiving data |
| naval tactical data system | a shipboard system for collecting and displaying tactical data |
skeen arch
skene arch
scheme arch
diminished arch | an arch whose height is less than half its width |
| target acquisition system | a shipboard system for the detection and identification and location of a target with enough detail to permit effective weapon employment |
| track data track | (computer science) one of the circular magnetic paths on a magnetic disk that serve as a guide for writing and reading data |
skill accomplishment
acquirement
acquisition
attainment | an ability that has been acquired by training |
| data structure | (computer science) the organization of data (and its storage allocations in a computer) |
hierarchical structure
hierarchical data structure | a structure of data having several levels arranged in a treelike structure |
learning
acquisition | the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge, the child's acquisition of language |
| audio lingual acquisition | system of language acquisition focusing intensively on listening and speaking |
| data conversion | conversion from one way of encoding data to another way |
datum
data point | an item of factual information derived from measurement or research |
outline
schema
scheme | a schematic or preliminary plan |
scheme
strategy | an elaborate and systematic plan of action |
| pump-and-dump scheme | an illegal scheme for making money by manipulating stock prices, the schemer persuades other people to buy the stock and then sells it himself as soon as the price of the stock rises |
| pyramid scheme | a fraudulent scheme in which people are recruited to make payments to the person who recruited them while expecting to receive payments from the persons they recruit, when the number of new recruits fails to sustain the hierarchical payment structure the scheme collapses with most of the participants losing the money they put in |
| schema scheme | an internal representation of the world, an organization of concepts and actions that can be revised by new information about the world |
storage medium
data-storage medium | a medium for storing information |
digital communication
data communication | electronic transmission of information that has been encoded digitally (as for storage and processing by computers) |
file
data file | a set of related records (either written or electronic) kept together |
input file
input data | (computer science) a computer file that contains data that serve as input to a device or program |
merger agreement
acquisition agreement | contract governing the merger of two or more companies |
format
formatting
data format
data formatting | the organization of information according to preset specifications (usually for computer processing) |
dodge
dodging
scheme | a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery |
color scheme
colour scheme | a planned combination of colors, the color scheme for this room was determined by an interior decorator |
National Climatic Data Center
NCDC | the part of NOAA that maintains the world's largest active archive of weather data |
| data hierarchy | an arrangement of data consisting of sets and subsets such that every subset of a set is of lower rank than the set |
system
scheme | a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole, a vast system of production and distribution and consumption keep the country going |
data
information | a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn, statistical data |
| accounting data | all the data (ledgers and journals and spreadsheets) that support a financial statement, can be hard copy or machine readable |
| raw data | unanalyzed data, data not yet subjected to analysis |
| acquisition | something acquired, a recent acquisition by the museum |
incentive program
incentive scheme | a formal scheme for inducing someone (as employees) to do something |
administrative data processing
business data processing | data processing in accounting or business management |
automatic data processing
ADP | data processing by a computer |
| data mining | data processing using sophisticated data search capabilities and statistical algorithms to discover patterns and correlations in large preexisting databases, a way to discover new meaning in data |
| data processing | (computer science) a series of operations on data by a computer in order to retrieve or transform or classify information |
distributed data processing
remote-access data processing
teleprocessing | data processing in which some of the functions are performed in different places and connected by transmission facilities |
electronic data processing
EDP | automatic data processing by electronic means without the use of tabulating cards or punched tapes |
integrated data processing
IDP | automatic data processing in which data acquisition and other stages or processing are integrated into a coherent system |
| data rate | the rate at which circuits or other devices operate when handling digital information |