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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
translation icon : 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.