ingester

One who consumes

An ingester is something that takes in or absorbs material.

The term appears most often in technical contexts—data ingesters pull information into databases or processing systems, while in biology, an ingester is any organism that consumes food by taking it into the body.

The pipeline's ingester handles millions of records per hour.

intake

suction

Pulling via pressure difference

absorptionProcess of taking in
inhalationTaking breath in
uptakeAbsorption or understanding

consumption · swallowing · aspiration · assimilation · draw · intake · gulp · sip · mouthful · dose

digestion

stomach

Digestive organ below chest

enzymeProtein that hastens reactions
absorptionProcess of taking in
nutrientsVital dietary substances

metabolism · intestinal · gastric · bile · gut · microbiome · esophagus · swallowing · chyme · peristalsis

feeder

hopper

Tapered dispensing container

conveyorMechanism that transports items
chuteInclined passage for descent
loaderOne who fills containers

dispenser · funnel · trough · auger · dosing · vibratory · screw · gravity · pneumatic · feeder

data

pipeline

Long-distance fluid transport tube

parserSyntax-interpreting program
ETLSource-to-destination data process
streamSteady continuous flow

batch · connector · API · import · loader · processor · collector · handler · endpoint · queue

Opposites

direction of material flow

ingesterexpeller

Mechanism that forces out

emitter · ejector · discharger · regurgitator · vomiter

role in consumption cycle

ingesterproducer

One who makes things

provider · supplier · source · generator · feeder

Family

ingest, ingests, ingested, ingesting, ingestion, ingestible, ingestive

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