data ingestion

[ˈdeɪtə ɪnˈdʒɛʃən]
nounpl: data ingestions
ingestão de dados
1. The process of importing, receiving, and processing data from various sources into a storage system, database, or data warehouse for analysis and processing
Data ingestion is the first step in our data pipeline, where we collect information from multiple APIs and databases.
A ingestão de dados é a primeira etapa do nosso pipeline de dados, onde coletamos informações de múltiplas APIs e bancos de dados.
2. In big data and cloud computing contexts, the automated transfer of raw data from source systems to a centralized repository
The company uses Apache Kafka for real-time data ingestion from thousands of IoT sensors.
A empresa usa Apache Kafka para ingestão de dados em tempo real de milhares de sensores IoT.
Data ingestion is a core concept in modern data science and cloud computing, increasingly important in both Brazilian and Portuguese tech industries as companies adopt big data solutions. The term is used identically across Portuguese-speaking countries in technical contexts. In the USA, it's become standard terminology in Silicon Valley and tech startups, reflecting the growing importance of data engineering roles.
Synonyms / Sinônimos
data importdata acquisitiondata collectiondata loadingdata consumption
Antonyms / Antônimos
data exportdata egress

Regional Variations

General Brazilian
ingestão de dados
Most commonly used term in Brazil; also used in technical documentation and IT industries
São Paulo
ingestão de dados
Standard usage in the tech hub; sometimes informally shortened to 'ingestão'
Portugal
ingestão de dados
Identical to Brazilian Portuguese; standard terminology in Portuguese tech communities
USA
data ingestion
Predominant term in American tech and business contexts; widely used in data science and engineering

Related Words

ETL (Extract, Transform, Load)data pipelinedata warehousebatch processingstream processingdata lake

Related Idioms & Phrases

feeding data into the system
data pipeline flow
ingesting large volumes of data
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