A space used for housing data, usually of a secure or privileged nature in the context of mergers and acquisitions.

plural of data scraping

(computing) The transmission speed of a communications channel; measured in bits or bytes per second.

(aviation) A device which records various performance parameters of an aircraft; it is designed to survive severe impact and fire, and, thus, help in finding the causes of an accident.

A type of flow chart; a description of data and the manual and machine processing performed on the data as it moves and changes from one stage to the next. It also includes the locations where the data are placed in permanent storage (disk, tape, etc.)

(data management) A set of processes and tools which centrally and persistently define the non-transactional entities of an organization, with the objective to collect from, and supply to various processes, unique instances of each entity.

plural of data flow diagram

(computing) An object in programming that provides an abstract interface to some type of persistence mechanism, providing some specific data operations without exposing details of the persistence layer.

plural of data access object

(computer hardware) an end instrument that converts user information into signals or reconverts received signals.