dataset

noun

da·​ta·​set ˈdā-tə-ˌset 

ˈda-,

 also  ˈdä-

variants or less commonly data set

plural datasets also data sets

: a collection of data taken from a single source or intended for a single project

analyzed the dataset

If you're using a public dataset, make sure the data comes from a reliable source …

—Ben Dickson

The company is also … continuing to build its own dataset to improve its machine learning models.

—Alexandra S. Levine

Since AIs need a data set to learn and recognize patterns, one major worry artists have is that their artwork is being used for AI learning, raising concerns of copyright infringement.

—Daniel Salcedo Rubio

Examples of dataset in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Predictive justice simply utilizes large datasets, including past court decisions, but also legal briefs or even judges' rulings. —Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024

While the network's findings are still in the early stages, the growing dataset promises to inform smarter water use and conservation strategies across Utah. —Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2024

For this new study, the researchers used new algorithms to filter them out of the HESS dataset more accurately. —Michael Irving, New Atlas, 29 Nov. 2024

Researchers can then take a robot and use deep learning to train it on that dataset in a simulated environment. —Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 20 Nov. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1958, in the meaning defined above