data conversion
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- noun
- /ˈdeɪtə kənˈvɜrʒən/
- Specialized
:
conversión de datos
- She attended a workshop on data conversion techniques for improving database management.
Examples
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How can I get to the examples you previously published of MySQL query to XML data conversion?
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Before analyzing the results, we need to finish the data conversion to a compatible format.
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The great majority of those contracts are with other federal agencies for services as diverse as laundry, construction, data conversion, and manufacture of emergency equipment.
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He quickly became interested in the underlying network and data protocols and moved his attention to those areas and away from programming, starting a data conversion company that rapidly grew to become Europe's largest specialist in that field (A.L. Downloading Services).
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Each of the user-accessible print queues has a transform exit sequence that sends the print job to the corresponding operator-controlled print queue after any appropriate data conversions have been made.
Academic text (1997) -
Use of PDAs has virtually eliminated the additional time, effort, and potential data conversion involved in manually entering data collected by nurse and patient on paper forms—probably the most dramatic effect on the process and one rendered transparent by the table illustration.
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"Smart and its proposal to DNR identified Mr. DeGroote... described his role as... coordinating development and scheduling of data conversion, interfaces, and required feature additions," said state attorney Dixon Robertson.
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The team completed the data conversion of the old system to the new one in just three days.
Synonyms
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3.5
Changing something from one form or unit to another
To change information from one form to another
How Complex
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently built from 'data' (information) and 'conversion' (the process of converting), so the phrase simply denotes the process of changing information between formats. This noun–noun composition is a common, literal pattern cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
The term data conversion gives a simple picture: data is information and conversion means changing it to fit a new system. So, the phrase means 'changing information from one form to another'.