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data entry

noun Computers.

the job of entering text or other data into a computer, as by typing on a keyboard or scanning a document.

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You may have read the word "simmer" in a recipe or two, but what does it really mean?
To cook in water that begins cold and then reaches a boil.
To stew in a sauce for a long time.
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Origin of data entry

First recorded in 1930–35

Words nearby data entry

datacenter, data communication, data compression, data deficient, data dictionary, data entry, data exhaust, dataflow architecture, datal, data mining, data packet
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