data exhaust

English

Noun

data exhaust (uncountable)

  1. Synonym of digital exhaust
    • 2010 February 25, “Clicking for Gold”, in The Economist‎, ISSN 0013-0613:
      Google exploits information that is a byproduct of user interactions, or data exhaust, which is automatically recycled to improve the service or create an entirely new product.
    • 2013, Viktor Mayer-Schönberger; Kenneth Cukier, Big Data: A Revolution that Will Transform how We Live, Work, and Think, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN, page 114:
      Data exhaust is the mechanism behind many services like voice recognition, spam filters, language translation, and much more.

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