sourcedata
nounUK /ˈsɔːsˌdeɪtə/
US /ˈsɔːrsˌdeɪtə/
The first information you collect before you start working with it.
The scientist saved the sourcedata in a folder before making any charts.
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2. The original files or records that a report or study is built from.
The teacher checked the sourcedata to make sure the numbers were correct.
3. Information collected directly from where it comes from, not copied from somewhere else.
Our weather station sends sourcedata to the computer every hour.
4. The starting facts a computer program uses to do its job.
The game reads its sourcedata from a small file when it starts.
5. The first version of data before it is cleaned or sorted.
We fixed the typos in the sourcedata before sharing it with the team.