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dataspeak

dataspeak noun: a common language for data definition and data manipulation.

Noun

dataspeak (uncountable)

  1. A common language for data definition and data manipulation.
    • So we said, "What we need is an intergalactic dataspeak." An Esperanto that would go on the wire, that would allow everybody to talk to everybody.1995, Jim Gray, 1995 Intergalactic dataspeak: SQL standard, Open SQL, ODBC, DRDA, Intergalactic dataspeak - Mcjones.org, pages www.mcjones.org/System_R/SQL_Reunion_95/sqlr95-Intergal.html
    • It, or one of its children, will become the intergalactic dataspeak: the standard way to interchange semistructured and structured data among computer systems.2000, Serge Abiteboul, Peter Buneman, Dan Suciu, Data on the Web: From Relations to Semistructured Data and XML

Origin of dataspeak

From data + -speak.

Questions about dataspeak

What does dataspeak mean?
Dataspeak means a common language for data definition and data manipulation.
What part of speech is dataspeak?
Dataspeak is a noun.

Words near dataspeak in the dictionary

  1. datasondes
  2. datasource
  3. datasources
  4. dataspace
  5. dataspaces
  6. dataspeak
  7. datasphere
  8. dataspheres
  9. datastack
  10. datastacks
  11. datastore

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