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Definition
Input of data, not as a direct result of data entry but instead as a result of performing a different but related activity. Barcode reader equipped supermarket checkout counters, for example, capture inventory related data while recording a sale. See also data collection and data logging.
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data capture is in the Computer Hardware, Software, & Security and Information Science & Technology subjects.
data capture appears in the definitions of the following terms: data field, artifact, bar coding and magnetic stripe reader
data capture appears in these other terms: automatic data capture, electronic data capture
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