data encryption | (computer science) the encryption of data for security purposes |
sales campaign | an advertising campaign intended to promote sales |
sale cutate sale sales event | an occasion (usually brief) for buying at specially reduced prices, they held a sale to reduce their inventory, I got some great bargains at their annual sale |
sales resistance | resistance by potential customers to aggressive selling practices |
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 |
mercantile establishment retail store sales outlet outlet | a place of business for retailing goods |
naval tactical data system | a shipboard system for collecting and displaying tactical data |
stall stand sales booth | a booth where articles are displayed for sale |
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 |
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 |
sale sales agreement | an agreement (or contract) in which property is transferred from the seller (vendor) to the buyer (vendee) for a fixed price in money (paid or agreed to be paid by the buyer), the salesman faxed the sales agreement to his home office |
format formatting data format data formatting | the organization of information according to preset specifications (usually for computer processing) |
sales talk sales pitch pitch | promotion by means of an argument and demonstration |
sales promotion | promotion that supplements or coordinates advertising |
sales department sales division sales force | the division of a business that is responsible for selling products or services |
National Climatic Data Center NCDC | the part of NOAA that maintains the world's largest active archive of weather data |
sales staff | those in a business who are responsible for sales |
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 |
sales finance company | a finance company that buys (at a discount) the installment sales contracts of retail merchants |
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 |
demonstrator sales demonstrator | someone who demonstrates an article to a prospective buyer |
salesperson sales representative sales rep | a person employed to represent a business and to sell its merchandise (as to customers in a store or to customers who are visited) |
gross sales gross revenue sales | income (at invoice values) received for goods and services over some given period of time |
net sales | gross sales reduced by customer discounts, returns, freight out, and allowances |
sales incentive | remuneration offered to a salesperson for exceeding some predetermined sales goal |
sales tax nuisance tax | a tax based on the cost of the item purchased and collected directly from the buyer |
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 |
experimental data-based observational | relying on observation or experiment, experimental results that supported the hypothesis |