data set

Or da·ta·set

[dey-tuh-set]

noun

Computers.

1. a collection of data records for computer processing.

2. (not in technical use),  modem.

data set

noun

1. computing another name for file 1

Word History and Origins

Origin of data set¹

1955–60 data set ( def. 2 ); 1970–75 data set ( def. 1 )

Example Sentences

It has published a sample of data there including pictures and profiles of 10 children from the stolen data set.

From BBC

“We brought in Palantir. We have made tremendous efforts globally, across the population, across the data set, across the data set of loans from Fannie Mae.”

From Slate

The questions remained abstract until McCanlies met another researcher named Irva Hertz-Picciotto, who had a unique data set.

From Salon

Prof Etchells says: "If you think that screens do change brains for the worse, you would see that signal in a big data set like that. But you don't… so this idea that screens are changing brains in a consistently or enduringly bad way, that just doesn't seem to be the case."

From BBC

But according to another internal data set obtained by ProPublica, of the more than 4,000 Forest Service employees who accepted deferred resignations and early retirements, approximately 1,600 had red cards.

From Salon