dataset
noun
da·ta·set
ˈdā-tə-ˌset 
ˈda-,
also ˈdä-
variants
or less commonly data set
plural datasets also data sets
: a collection of data taken from a single source or intended for a single project
analyzed the dataset
If you're using a public dataset, make sure the data comes from a reliable source …—
Ben Dickson
Ben DicksonThe company is also … continuing to build its own dataset to improve its machine learning models.—Alexandra S. Levine
Alexandra S. LevineSince AIs need a data set to learn and recognize patterns, one major worry artists have is that their artwork is being used for AI learning, raising concerns of copyright infringement.—Daniel Salcedo Rubio
Daniel Salcedo RubioExamples of dataset in a Sentence
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The debate over dataset compensation will continue as GAI evolves.
—Dan Stone, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Apr. 2024
The Administration on Children, Youth and Families; the Children’s Bureau; the original dataset collection personnel or funding source; NDACAN; Cornell University; and their agents or employees bear no responsibility for the analyses or interpretations presented here.
—Stephannie Stokes, ProPublica, 1 Apr. 2024
For massive datasets to be of use, they must be stored somehow.
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 Mar. 2024
For these reasons, the mean or average household income dataset is critical because the Census Bureau has exact figures for it.
—Andrew Depietro, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
Related: Here’s why obesity grew so quickly worldwide, and where that’s starting to change
The analysis was conducted using datasets on people’s height and weight across the world.
—Elaine Chen Reprints, STAT, 29 Feb. 2024
The advent of big data and cloud warehouse and data lake technologies enabled the processing and analysis of these large datasets, providing insights that were previously inaccessible.
—Michel Tricot, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
The 2024 report builds on recent and greater datasets and provides an update on the scale of food wasted worldwide.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 27 Mar. 2024
The telescope’s dataset has also provided astronomers with the positions, distances and movements for nearly 2 billion stars in the galaxy.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 21 Mar. 2024
Dan Stone, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Apr. 2024
The Administration on Children, Youth and Families; the Children’s Bureau; the original dataset collection personnel or funding source; NDACAN; Cornell University; and their agents or employees bear no responsibility for the analyses or interpretations presented here.
—Stephannie Stokes, ProPublica, 1 Apr. 2024
For massive datasets to be of use, they must be stored somehow.
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 Mar. 2024
For these reasons, the mean or average household income dataset is critical because the Census Bureau has exact figures for it.
—Andrew Depietro, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
Related: Here’s why obesity grew so quickly worldwide, and where that’s starting to change
The analysis was conducted using datasets on people’s height and weight across the world.
—Elaine Chen Reprints, STAT, 29 Feb. 2024
The advent of big data and cloud warehouse and data lake technologies enabled the processing and analysis of these large datasets, providing insights that were previously inaccessible.
—Michel Tricot, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
The 2024 report builds on recent and greater datasets and provides an update on the scale of food wasted worldwide.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 27 Mar. 2024
The telescope’s dataset has also provided astronomers with the positions, distances and movements for nearly 2 billion stars in the galaxy.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 21 Mar. 2024
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