flow stream | the act of flowing or streaming, continuous progression |
data encryption | (computer science) the encryption of data for security purposes |
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 |
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 |
bloodstream blood stream | the blood flowing through the circulatory system |
stream of consciousness | the continuous flow of ideas and feelings that constitute an individual's conscious experience |
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 |
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 |
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) |
stream of consciousness | a literary genre that reveals a character's thoughts and feeling as they develop by means of a long soliloquy |
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 |
format formatting data format data formatting | the organization of information according to preset specifications (usually for computer processing) |
current stream | a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes), the raft floated downstream on the current, he felt a stream of air, the hose ejected a stream of water |
torrent violent stream | a violently fast stream of water (or other liquid), the houses were swept away in the torrent |
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 |
stream flow current | dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas, two streams of development run through American history, stream of consciousness, the flow of thought, the current of history |
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 |
stream watercourse | a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth |
tidal river tidewater river tidal stream tidewater stream | a stream in which the effects of the tide extend far upstream |
jet stream | a high-speed high-altitude airstream blowing from west to east near the top of the troposphere, has important effects of the formation of weather fronts |
Gulf stream | a warm ocean current that flows from the Gulf of Mexico northward through the Atlantic Ocean |
meteor shower meteor stream | a transient shower of meteors when a meteor swarm enters the earth's atmosphere |
stream orchid chatterbox giant helleborine Epipactis gigantea | orchid growing along streams or ponds of western North America having leafy stems and greenish-brown and pinkish flower in the axil of each upper leaf |
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 |
stream flow | something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously, a stream of people emptied from the terminal, the museum had planned carefully for the flow of visitors |
data rate | the rate at which circuits or other devices operate when handling digital information |
stream | exude profusely, She was streaming with sweat, His nose streamed blood |
pour swarm stream teem pullulate | move in large numbers, people were pouring out of the theater, beggars pullulated in the plaza |
stream well out | flow freely and abundantly, Tears streamed down her face |
stream | to extend, wave or float outward, as if in the wind, their manes streamed like stiff black pennants in the wind |