"data science" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: Popularized by DJ Patil and Jeff Hammerbacher, 2000s. Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} data science
  1. (sciences) An interdisciplinary field about scientific methods, processes and systems to extract knowledge or insights from data. Wikipedia link: DJ Patil, Jeff Hammerbacher Categories (topical): Sciences Derived forms: data scientist Related terms: data management, data modeling, data processing, analytics, data journalism, deep learning, knowledge management, machine learning Translations (field): 數據科學 (Chinese Mandarin), 数据科学 (shùjù kēxué) (Chinese Mandarin), datatiede (Finnish), science des données [feminine] (French), Datenwissenschaft [feminine] (German), scienza dei dati [feminine] (Italian), データ科学 (Japanese), データサイエンス (Japanese), ciência de dados [feminine] (Portuguese), ciencia de datos [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-data_science-en-noun-C3RKJyFH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations Topics: sciences

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