ingestion
n.n. the act of a computer program or system taking in and processing data. It is the first step in how a computer understands and uses the information you give it.
n. the process by which a computer system or program takes in and processes data. Often used in the context of data processing pipelines or the initial stage of data analysis.
The system handles the ingestion of large files quickly.
The software is designed to manage the ingestion of real-time data from thousands of sensors across the city.
Efficient data ingestion is critical for maintaining the performance of the analytics platform, as it ensures that raw data is transformed into a structured format before being stored in the database.
Borrowed from Latin ingestionem, accusative of ingestio (“a pouring in”), action noun of the perfect passive participle of ingerere (“pour in”), from in- (“in, into”) + gero (“to carry, to bear”).