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data acquisition
(1) The automatic collection of data from sensors and readers in a factory, laboratory, medical or scientific environment. (2) The gathering of source data for data entry into the computer.
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Definition: data acquisition
(1) The automatic collection of data from sensors and readers in a factory, laboratory, medical or scientific environment.
(2) The gathering of source data for data entry into the computer.
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