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to ingest

to ingest

3 6.3
To put data into a computer system for use or storage
  • verb
  • /ɪnˈdʒɛst/
  • Specialized
: ingestar
  • EDS also ingests metadata from and enables real-time interfaces to the libraries' ILSs.

It says migrate the contents that literally ingests all of your mail.

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Examples

  • So at at that point, I, I signed up and I immediately started ingesting the content.

  • Portico maintains formal preservation agreements with 135 publishers and ingests their content into its archive.

    Academic text (2012)
  • For instance, a social media service provider would ingest all of Twitter.

    Blog text (31)
  • Where the hope is that he'll be able to stream to an ingest server we have here.

  • In general, we talk about ingesting tape and importing files.

    Blog text (15)
  • It is a system that improves itself by ingesting all the data it can and by being trained by humans.

  • Big data analytics workflows must be designed to ingest and process an enormous variety of structured and unstructured data.

    Blog text (21)
  • LC verifies the batch and performs its quality control processes before ingesting the batch into Chronicling America.

    Academic text (2013)
  • NetApp's HPC-style arrays ingest and disgorge data faster than its mainstream ONTAP arrays.

    Blog text (10)
  • Researchers need to ingest large datasets into the database for analysis.

Synonyms

to input
vsto ingest
  • Specialized
23 3.5

To enter data into a computer for processing

focuses on streams and pipeline methods rather than single manual entries
to import
vsto ingest
  • Specialized
21 3.7

To bring data or files into a computer program

emphasizes continuous streams and pipeline handling rather than single file transfers
to pipe in
vsto ingest
  • Specialized
1 6.7

Send data into a program or service for processing

is broader, covering storage and general system reception beyond specific interfaces
to feed in
vsto ingest
  • Specialized
1 3.8

To keep putting something into a machine or system so it can work

is specific to computing, focusing on data flows rather than general supplies

Antonyms

to export
  • Specialized
14 4.3

To move data out of one program so another can use it

How Much

to ingest
  • Specialized
3 6.3
to load
  • Specialized
140 3.9
to import
  • Specialized
21 3.7
to read
302 3.9
sample
∞ 2.3

Surface Forms

ingest infinitive
ingested past
ingested past participle
ingesting present participle
ingests third person singular

Etymology

Ingest comes from Latin parts in- 'into' and -gest 'carry'. So in computing to ingest data is to 'bring' or import that data into a system for storage or processing.