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Data entry

Meaning in office & administration, with examples

nounCommon term

In office & administration, data entry means: Entering information from source documents into a computer system in a structured form.

In Turkish: veri girişi

How it is used

Used for entering contact details, invoice figures and form responses; check entries against the source rather than guessing missing values.

Example sentences

  1. Please finish the data entry for these application forms before the review meeting.

    Information on the forms must be transferred into structured records.

  2. A data entry error placed the supplier's postcode in the telephone field.

    The mistake concerns where a source value was entered, not its calculation.

Common collocations

  • data entry error
  • manual data entry
  • data entry clerk
  • spreadsheetA computer document organised in rows and columns, used to store lists, calculate numbers and track things such as budgets, stock or schedules.
  • documentA piece of written, printed or electronic material that gives information or official proof of something, such as a contract, report or certificate.

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