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

Tailored, task-specific AI solutions will unlock insights from secure, centralized datasets, driving competitive advantages. —Emil Sayegh, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024

For the remaining portion of the dataset, Moonvalley purchased the rights to small, specialized datasets and even enlisted the help of the production team at Asteria to create brand-new footage in its studio in order to fill in specific gaps missing from the dataset. —Audrey Schomer, Variety, 17 Dec. 2024

Jena, Worsham, and Bray assemble a really impressive dataset. —Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 17 Dec. 2024

This announcement follows reports of AI models from big companies — including OpenAI, Apple, and Anthropic — being trained on content and datasets scraped from YouTube. —Jay Peters, The Verge, 16 Dec. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1958, in the meaning defined above