data preparation

US: /ˈdeɪtə ˌprɛpəˈreɪʃən/

Definition

Definition of data preparation - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

technology

TECH.

process of cleaning and organizing information before study or computer use

TECH.

Thorough data preparation saved time during the statistical analysis.
Proper data preparation ensured accurate reports for the board meeting.
Our team automated data preparation for the new analytics dashboard.

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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 preparation

in preparation

adv.

doing something to get ready for something else

She studied in preparation for the exam.

in preparation for

prep.

getting ready for something

She studied hard in preparation for the exam.

pre-preparation

work done before the main preparation starts

Pre-preparation of ingredients saves time during cooking.

preparation phase

time period in a process used to get ready for later steps

The project entered the preparation phase before construction could begin.

site preparation

work done on land to make a place ready for building

Site preparation included clearing trees and leveling the ground.

preparation fire

fire used to weaken enemy before attack

The soldiers used preparation fire to weaken the enemy's defenses.

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pre-processing

data preparation

the action of preparing data before analysis

precoding

adj.

data preparation

related to preparing data for transmission

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French:préparation des données, ...
German:Datenaufbereitung, ...
Italian:preparazione dei dati, ...
Spanish:preparación de datos, ...
Portuguese:preparação de dados, ...
Chinese:数据准备, ...
Japanese:データ準備, ...
Arabic:إِعْدَاد البَيَانَات, ...
Hebrew:הֲכָנַת נְתוּנִים, ...
Russian:подготовка данных, ...
Ukrainian:підготовка даних, ...
Hindi:डेटा तैयारी, ...
Bengali:ডেটা প্রস্তুতি, ...
Catalan:preparació de dades, ...
Czech:příprava dat, ...
Danish:dataforberedelse, ...
Dutch:datavoorbewerking, ...
Greek:προετοιμασία δεδομένων, ...
Hungarian:adatelőkészítés, ...
Khmer:ការរៀបចំទិន្នន័យ, ...
Korean:데이터 준비, ...
Persian:آماده‌سازی داده, ...
Polish:przygotowanie danych, ...
Portuguese (BR):preparação de dados, ...
Romanian:pregătirea datelor, ...
Swedish:datapreparering, ...
Thai:การเตรียมข้อมูล, ...
Turkish:veri hazırlama, ...
Vietnamese:chuẩn bị dữ liệu, ...

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