"data acquisition" meaning in All languages combined

See data acquisition on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} data acquisition
  1. (signal processing) The process of sampling signals that measure real-world physical conditions and converting the resulting samples into digital numeric values that can be manipulated by a computer.
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