data entry
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2.1
- noun
- /ˈdeɪtə ˈɛntri/
:
entrada de datos
- Researchers collected and cleaned completed survey forms before data entry to ensure data quality and standardization.
- data entry errors
- accuracy of data entry
- data entry personnel
My first real job when I was still a teenager was doing data entry as an office temp for the NHS.
- My first real job when I was still a teenager was doing data entry as an office temp for the NHS.
Examples
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The prototype will support operational activities such as data entry, schema analysis, and query formulation.
Academic text (2000) -
Each region has its own computer, which performs all accounting-related data entry and some accounting processing.
Academic text (1999) -
I think about one of the only jobs that I ever had, I had to do data entry, and I hated it.
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Look at all these side menus here for data entry.
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How's that data entry going?
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My first real job when I was still a teenager was doing data entry as an office temp for the NHS.
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Data quality checks were operational during all processes of data entry, transfer, tracking, and analyses.
Academic text (2012) -
Special thanks to Bruce Skubon, graduate student, University of Toledo, for providing data entry and other assistance.
Academic text (2008) -
Responses were recorded on computer-scored answer sheets to facilitate data entry with minimal errors.
Academic text (1998) -
My first real job was doing data entry as an office temp for a local company.
Synonyms
An act of typing information into a computer or device
How Automated
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the act or process of entering information into a computer' is directly derivable from combining 'data' (information) with 'entry' (a logged item or the act of entering). This noun phrase follows a transparent compositional pattern common across languages and in English technical vocabulary, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily understand it.
Etymology
The noun data entry paints a simple picture: data, for example facts or numbers, being put into a book or on a screen by typing, the entry of information. That's why data entry means 'putting information into a computer or system', like typing details into boxes.