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National Teaching and Learning Change ProgrammeInformation and Communication Technology: Dictionary

data capture

The collection of data for entering into a computer. This may be done automatically, as in the scanning of bar codes in a shop, or manually as in typing in a gas meter reading.

Related terms
automaticbar codescannerdata entrydata loggingdata retrieval
Term sub categories
Managing data › collecting
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