data set

noun, Computers.
1.
a collection of data records for computer processing.
2.
modem.
Origin
1970-75
Examples from the web for data set
  • They have filmed several tornadoes, but they will be back next year to try to capture their perfect data set.
  • There can potentially be a variety of different types of relationships in a given data set.
  • There is no way to determine the answer with this data set.
  • But not a particular data set, since the data is always changing, and that mutability is what makes it a wiki.
  • We believe that the merged data set balances these two extremes to arrive at the ratio shown here.
  • The data set is too small to draw a solid conclusion.
  • It is not the confidence level for comparing longer trends, which is smaller because the data set is much larger.
  • Statistics such as the minimum, maximum and the various kinds of averages tell you global properties of your data set.
  • The evolutionary biologist has also used this historical data set to ponder the conundrum of grandmothers.
  • Six months after the spacecraft runs out of coolant for its instruments, a preliminary data set should be released to astronomers.
British Dictionary definitions for data set

data set

noun
1.
(computing) another name for file1 (sense 7)
data set in Technology

operating system, storage
An IBM term for a file.
(1997-04-15)