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lineage

lineage

3 6.7
The recorded history of where data comes from and how it changes
  • noun
  • /ˈlɪniɪdʒ/
  • Specialized
translation icon : linaje de datos
  • Genetic analysis identified at least seven circulating lineages localized to specific geographic regions.
  • evolutionary lineage
  • strain lineage
  • trace its lineage

Examples

  • The PNC traces its ideological lineage to Kwame Nkrumah, the first President of Ghana.

    Academic text (1992)
  • The data scientists documented the lineage of the dataset to ensure transparency in its transformations.

  • In that you can sort of draw a lineage of HP and Intel and Microsoft and Google and Facebook and so on.

  • With absolute progress, in contrast, life improves on the whole, even among evolutionary lineages.

    Academic text (2006)
  • The importance of the emergence of altruism and morality through the evolutionary lineage of mammals cannot be emphasized enough.

    Academic text (2014)
  • The Due Process Clause traces its lineage to Article 39 of Magna Carta.

    Academic text (2016)
  • Since the mid-1900s, debutante balls promote family lineage as marriage-eligible girls are presented to society.

    Academic text (2014)
  • The emergence of new genetic lineages might be the reason for the increasing activity of EV68 (5, 13).

    Academic text (2012)
  • To understand the lineage of this dataset, we analyzed how it has changed through various systems.

  • They documented the lineage of the software to track its origins and adaptations over time.

Synonyms

provenance
vslineage
  • Specialized
18 7.9

The place or early history that shows where an object comes from

covers the full documented history including movements and transformations

How Detailed

audit
69 4.4
lineage
  • Specialized
3 6.7
record
2.5
provenance
  • Specialized
18 7.9
trace
492 3.3

Surface Forms

lineage singular
lineages plural

Morphology

lineage = line (semi-transparent) = line + age

The technical sense extends the ordinary 'family line' meaning to a documented chain of origin and change, so the relation is clear but specialized.

Etymology

Lineage in computing keeps the same idea of a 'line' but for data: it shows the line or 'path' of a dataset as it moves and changes through systems. So data lineage is the recorded story of where the data came from and what happened to it.