(UK, law) A nominated person who determines the purposes for which and the manner in which any personal data is to be processed. (under the Data Protection Act)

A two-dimensional barcode

plural of data matrix

(computing) The electronic exchange of structured information, by agreed message standards, from one application to another with a minimum of human intervention.

plural of automatic data processing machine

(international shipping) A computer.

(mathematics, statistics) The mathematical process of fitting a smooth curve to dispersed data points.

Any fundamental way of organizing data in a database, such as the hierarchical model, the network model or the relational model.

(rare) Resembling or characteristic of a database.

plural of data type