dataset

noun

da·​ta·​set ˈdā-tə-ˌset 

ˈda-,

 also  ˈdä-

variants or less commonly data set

plural datasets also data sets

: a collection of data taken from a single source or intended for a single project

analyzed the dataset

If you're using a public dataset, make sure the data comes from a reliable source …

—Ben Dickson

The company is also … continuing to build its own dataset to improve its machine learning models.

—Alexandra S. Levine

Since AIs need a data set to learn and recognize patterns, one major worry artists have is that their artwork is being used for AI learning, raising concerns of copyright infringement.

—Daniel Salcedo Rubio

Examples of dataset in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But by compromising datasets, cybercriminals can inject misinformation or malicious code into the AI model training process, causing a ripple effect throughout the entire AI software life cycle. —Vincent Danen, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025

Trump signed a record number of executive orders in his opening weeks, including ones that prompted many federal departments to take down websites and datasets that could potentially violate Trump's directions. —Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 3 Mar. 2025

As a result, Connecticut patients from some states may not appear in the dataset. —Renata Daou, Hartford Courant, 3 Mar. 2025

Between the lines: Building and powering the massive data centers required to build and run the latest models has become an enormous burden, while assembling ever-bigger datasets has become challenging, since today's models already use nearly all the data available on the public internet. —Ina Fried, Axios, 28 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1958, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for dataset

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