data source
Where facts originate
A data source is wherever information comes from—a database, spreadsheet, API, sensor, or any system that provides data for analysis or processing.
In software and business intelligence, identifying your data source is fundamental: The report pulls from three data sources.
The term emphasizes origin and reliability: a trustworthy data source yields trustworthy conclusions.
Software communication standard
- feedSupply with sustenance
- metricsStandards for assessment
- dashboardVehicle control panel
- warehouseBulk goods storage building
pipeline · integration · query · SQL · real-time · streaming · cloud · ETL
Stored historical records
- bibliographyList of cited works
- citationMention of a source
- corpusAssembled written works
- primaryChief in importance
secondary · journal · publication · scholarly · empirical · fieldwork · methodology · literature
Sworn statement as evidence
- documentationWritten proof or instructions
- verificationProving something accurate
- witnessOne who attests
- corroborationEvidence confirming another account
forensic · audit trail · chain of custody · provenance · authentication · record · exhibit · deposition
API
Software communication standard
warehouse · pipeline · integration · query · SQL · real-time · streaming · cloud · ETL · connector
archive
Stored historical records
- bibliographyList of cited works
- citationMention of a source
- corpusAssembled written works
primary · secondary · journal · publication · scholarly · empirical · fieldwork · methodology · literature · documentation
testimony
Sworn statement as evidence
- documentationWritten proof or instructions
- verificationProving something accurate
- witnessOne who attests
corroboration · forensic · audit trail · chain of custody · provenance · authentication · record · exhibit · deposition · substantiation
- citationscitation, citations, cite, cited, citation style
- databasesSQL, table, databases, tables, query
- ORMentity, persist, mapping, hibernate, persistence
- pivot tablespivot table, slicer, slicers, drill down, expand
data sourceanalysis
Methodical study of parts
data analysis · interpretation · findings · results · conclusions
source, data, resource, sourcing, database, datum, sourceless