Dealing with data – The Hindu (Dec 01, 2017)

Dealing with data – The Hindu (Dec 01, 2017)

The dawn of the information age opened up great opportunities for the beneficial use of data. It also enhanced the perils of unregulated and arbitrary use of personal data. For further reading, visit “The Hindu”.

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Word List-1 (To Improve English Vocabulary)

1. dawn (noun) – beginning, start, conception.
2. perils (noun) – dangers, difficulties; riskiness.
3. arbitrary (adjective) – irrational, illogical, unjustified.
4. render (verb) – depict, portray, represent.
5. vulnerable (adjective) – in danger/peril, at risk, unsafe.
6. autonomy (noun) – independence, freedom/liberty, individualism.
7. foreground (verb) – highlight, bring/draw attention to.
8. white paper (noun) – a government report that informs people concisely about a complex issue.
9. elicit (verb) – evoke, induce, obtain/cause.
10. big data analytics (noun) – the process of examining large and varied data sets — i.e., big data — to uncover hidden patterns, unknown correlations, market trends, customer preferences and other useful information that can help organizations make more-informed business decisions.
11. zettabyte (noun) – a unit of digital information storage used to denote the size of data. it is 2 to the 70th power bytes (2⁷⁰), also expressed as 10²¹ or 1 sextillion bytes.
12. conjure up (verb) – bring to mind, call to mind,  evoke, recall.
13. dystopian (adjective) – relating to an imagined place where everything is unpleasant/bad.
14. draw up (phrasal verb) – compose, formulate, frame/draft.
15. comprehensive (adjective) – wide-ranging/all-inclusive, complete.
16. stringent (adjective) – strict, firm, tough/rigorous.
17. abide (by) (verb) – comply with, obey, adhere/conform to.
18. consent (noun) – agreement, assent, acceptance.
19. enlightened (adjective) – wise, well-informed, learned.
20. citizenry (noun) – all the people/citizens (of a place/country considered as a whole).
21. flag (verb) – indicate, identify, point out.
22. technology-agnostic (noun) – sceptic, doubter, questioner/cynic (of technology).
23. enshrine (verb) – to enclose in, preserve, treasure, protect (as valuable).
24. privilege (verb) – exempt (someone) from a liability or obligation
25. holistic (adjective) – relating to the whole, comprehensive, full/total.
26. differential (adjective) – distinctive, dissimilar, divergent.
27. obligation (noun) – condition, requirement, proviso/necessity.
28. statutory (adjective) – mandatory, necessary, essential.
29. enforce (verb) – force, compel, demand/insist on.

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