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dataspeak

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A common language for data definition and data manipulation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • 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 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.

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History

Etymology

From data + -speak.