› any method of collecting information and then changing it into a form that can be read and used by a computer
Definition of “data capture” - English Dictionary
“data capture” in English
(Definition of “data capture” from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
“data capture” in Business English
(Definition of “data capture” from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
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The amendment to this directive will make data capture by type of goods mandatory.
The acquisition module consists of a data capture system, which interfaces the framework to the realworld environment.
All the academic contributors come together to ensure that there is a common framework for data capture and analysis, and to share fieldwork resources.
Each piece of tracing data captures the trace depth level, the function name, and either the values of the actual arguments or the returned value.
The data capture tools were designed to have the minimum impact on practice staff workload.
Many school registers use this sort of data capture.
Secondly, data capture: converting written text into machine-readable form is a relatively straightforward procedure (and nowadays a great deal of written text is in this form already).
Indeed, previous tests analysing public opinion data capture responses to very real conflict going on in different racial environments in a way survey experiments relying upon hypothetical situations cannot.
If no baseline data capture is taken at the start of the trial, how on earth can any meaningful result be obtained?
The advantage of on-line data capture is that temporal or dynamic information about the handwriting can also be collected.
Developing emotionally intelligent machines is another matter, and the data capture and analysis software would have to be highly sophisticated.
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