data diddling

ˈdeɪtə ˈdɪdlɪŋ

Definition

Definition of data diddling - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

security

TECH.

changing data in a computer without permission

TECH.

Data diddling can cause serious problems in computer systems.
Unauthorized data diddling led to financial discrepancies.
Data diddling was detected during the security audit.

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Expressions with data

massage the data

change numbers or information to make results look better

They tried to massage the data before the report was published.

a flood of data

overwhelming amount of information to process

The researchers faced a flood of data from the new study.

torture the data

manipulate data to get desired results

The scientist decided to torture the data to support his hypothesis.

basic data

essential simple facts or figures needed to describe or understand something

The form asks for basic data like your name and address.

customer data

information collected about buyers such as identities purchases and contact details

The company uses customer data to improve its marketing campaigns.

data collector

person whose job is to gather information for some purpose

The company hired a data collector to interview customers after each visit.

Expressions with diddling

how are you diddling

exp.

asking about someone's well-being in a friendly way

Hey mate, how are you diddling today?

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French:manipulation de données, ...
German:Datenmanipulation, ...
Italian:manipolazione dei dati, ...
Spanish:manipulación de datos, ...
Portuguese:manipulação de dados, ...
Chinese:数据篡改, ...
Japanese:データディドリング, ...
Arabic:تلاعب البيانات, ...
Hebrew:שִׁיבּוּשׁ נְתוּנִים, ...
Russian:подделка данных, ...
Ukrainian:підробка даних, ...
Hindi:डेटा डिडलिंग, ...
Bengali:ডেটা ডিডলিং, ...
Catalan:manipulació de dades, ...
Czech:manipulace s daty, ...
Danish:data-manipulation, ...
Dutch:gegevensdiefstal, ...
Greek:παραποίηση δεδομένων, ...
Hungarian:adatmanipuláció, ...
Khmer:ការកែប្រែទិន្នន័យក្នុងកុំព្យូទ័រដោយគ្មានការអនុញ្ញាត, ...
Korean:데이터 변조, ...
Persian:دستکاری داده‌ها, ...
Polish:manipulacja danymi, ...
Portuguese (BR):manipulação de dados, ...
Romanian:manipularea datelor, ...
Swedish:datamanipulering, ...
Thai:การเปลี่ยนแปลงข้อมูลโดยไม่ได้รับอนุญาต, ...
Turkish:veri diddling, ...
Vietnamese:thay đổi dữ liệu trái phép, ...

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