dataset

Organized digital records

A dataset is a structured collection of data, typically organized in rows and columns or other systematic formats for analysis.

Datasets range from small spreadsheets to massive collections powering machine learning: The researchers released their dataset for peer review.

In computing, dataset often implies data formatted for processing by software rather than human reading.

storage

archive

Stored historical records

NoSQL · MySQL · Oracle · indexing · relational · table · record · field · backup · restore

research

study

Deliberate learning effort

publication · citation · replication · longitudinal · cross-sectional · census · benchmark · annotation · labeling · ground truth

machine-learning

training

Developing abilities through practice

labels · supervised · unsupervised · overfitting · batch · epoch · augmentation · splitting · holdout · cross-validation

analysis

pattern

Recurring arrangement or template

exploration · cleaning · preprocessing · wrangling · transformation · aggregation · filtering · segmentation · outlier · anomaly

statistics

sample

Subset for study

mode · variance · distribution · probability · bias · error · correlation · regression · hypothesis · confidence interval

Categories
Opposites
data aggregation/granularity

datasetdata point

Individual recorded observation

datum · observation · single entry · instance · row

data presence/absence

datasetempty set

Collection with no elements

null set · missing data · blank · vacuum

structure/organization

datasetraw data

Unanalyzed collected information

data dump · noise · chaos · entropy

Family

datasets, datastream

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