data encryption | (computer science) the encryption of data for security purposes |
air terminal airport terminal | a terminal that serves air travelers or air freight |
bus terminal bus depot bus station coach station | a terminal that serves bus passengers |
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 |
job-oriented terminal | a terminal designed for a particular application |
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 |
railway station railroad station railroad terminal train station train depot | terminal where trains load or unload passengers or goods |
remote terminal link-attached terminal remote station link-attached station | a terminal connected to a computer by a data link |
terminal terminus depot | station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods |
terminal pole | a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves |
terminal | electronic equipment consisting of a device providing access to a computer, has a keyboard and display |
terminus terminal figure term | (architecture) a statue or a human bust or an animal carved out of the top of a square pillar, originally used as a boundary marker in ancient Rome |
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 |
terminal emulation | (computer science) having a computer act exactly like a terminal |
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) |
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) |
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 |
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 |
end terminal | either extremity of something that has length, the end of the pier, she knotted the end of the thread, they rode to the end of the line, the terminals of the anterior arches of the fornix |
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 |
terminal leave | final leave before discharge from military service |
terminus ad quem terminal point limit | final or latest limiting point |
data rate | the rate at which circuits or other devices operate when handling digital information |
terminal velocity | the constant maximum velocity reached by a body falling through the atmosphere under the attraction of gravity |
experimental data-based observational | relying on observation or experiment, experimental results that supported the hypothesis |
terminal | causing or ending in or approaching death, a terminal patient, terminal cancer |
concluding final last terminal | occurring at or forming an end or termination, his concluding words came as a surprise, the final chapter, the last days of the dinosaurs, terminal leave |
terminal | being or situated at an end, the endmost pillar, terminal buds on a branch, a terminal station, the terminal syllable |