data fast — n. The act of turning off your computer and other electronic equipment for an extended period of time. Also: information fast. Example Citations: Go on what David Shenk calls data fasts . Take a week in the country away from all the noise to… … New words
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Data Access Language — Data Access Language, or simply DAL, was a SQL like language parser released by Apple Computer in 1990 to provide unified client/server access to database management systems. It was known for poor performance and high costs, something Apple did… … Wikipedia
Data migration — is the process of transferring data between storage types, formats, or computer systems. Data migration is usually performed programmatically to achieve an automated migration, freeing up human resources from tedious tasks. It is required when… … Wikipedia
Data archaeology — refers to the art and science of recovering computer data encrypted in now obsolete media or formats. Data archaeology can also refer to recovering information from damaged electronic formats after natural or man made disasters. The term… … Wikipedia
Data Smog — is a 1997 book by journalist David Shenk and published by Harper Collins. It deals with the author s idea of how the information technology revolution would shape the world at large and how the incredible amount of data available on the Internet… … Wikipedia
Data center — An operation engineer overseeing a Network Operations Control Room of a data center. A data center (or data centre or datacentre or datacenter) is a facility used to house computer systems and associated components, such as telecommunications and … Wikipedia
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Control Data Corporation — (CDC) was a supercomputer firm. For most of the 1960s, it built the fastest computers in the world by far, only losing that crown in the 1970s after Seymour Cray left the company to found Cray Research, Inc. (CRI). CDC was one of the nine major… … Wikipedia