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DARK DATA [2 records]

Record 1 2020-06-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
  • Life Cycle (Informatics)
DEF

[The] information assets organizations collect, process and store during regular business activities, but generally fail to use for other purposes ...

CONT

... To make it more relatable, dark data is like all of the photos on your devices ... Most of them will never be used or even viewed again, but they are there.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
  • Cycle de vie (Informatique)
CONT

Malgré les volumes importants, il y a pourtant des données que l'entreprise n'exploite pas, et dans certains cas ne stocke pas : on les appelle les données noires [...] une sorte de matière noire des données.

Spanish

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Record 2 2018-04-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
CONT

… dark data [is defined] as the information assets organizations collect, process and store during regular business activities, but generally fail to use for other purposes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
CONT

Beaucoup d'entreprises s'efforcent de gérer les données obscures - les «dark data» - ces données non structurées, non marquées et non exploitées qui sont stockées dans les référentiels et qui ne sont ni analysées, ni traitées.

Key term(s)
  • donnée obscure

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tratamiento de la información (Informática)
Key term(s)
  • dato oscuro
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