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live data

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noun

  1. computing data that is still relevant

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The company pays more than $200,000 a year for live data feeds, AI coding agents and servers, and uses algorithms to execute live trades—tens of thousands a day.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

Dr Blackwell, director of APS Biocontrol in Dundee which runs the Scottish Midge Forecast, said midge numbers were predicted through modelling and some live data.

From BBC • Jun. 19, 2023

Britain agreed on Monday a way forward on sharing live data with the EU on trade with Northern Ireland, a step towards resolving longstanding issues arising from the trading arrangements, the so-called Northern Ireland protocol.

From Reuters • Jan. 10, 2023

In 2020, live data provided by both Shakers and professionals revealed that Covid lockdown measures worldwide had reduced the seismic noise of the planet by up to 50 percent.

From New York Times • Jan. 3, 2023

The term is sometimes used to describe the ordering of units other than bytes; most often these are bits within a byte. :live data: n.

From The Jargon File, Version 2.9.10, 01 Jul 1992 by Raymond, Eric S.

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