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aggregere

Aggregere is a verb used in Norwegian and Danish to describe bringing together elements into a whole, or to compute summary values from data. In everyday language it can refer to gathering physical items, while in technical contexts it denotes the process of data aggregation—summarizing multiple data points into a single value or a set of values.

Etymology and usage: Aggregere is derived from Latin aggregare, meaning to drive together or assemble, with

Applications in data and computation: Aggregation is a fundamental operation in data analysis and database querying.

Examples: Aggregating sales data by month to obtain total revenue per month; aggregating sensor readings by

Overall, aggregere encapsulates both the act of gathering elements and the analytic practice of producing meaningful

cognates
in
English
(aggregate)
and
other
Germanic
languages.
In
Norwegian
and
Danish,
the
term
is
applied
in
both
general
and
technical
contexts,
including
statistics,
information
management,
and
computer
data
processing.
The
precise
grammatical
forms
vary
by
language
and
tense,
but
the
core
idea
remains
the
same:
combining
elements
to
form
a
cohesive
whole
or
summary.
It
involves
computing
summary
metrics
such
as
sum,
count,
average,
minimum,
and
maximum
over
groups
of
data.
Common
tools
include
SQL
with
GROUP
BY
clauses
and
functions
like
SUM,
AVG,
COUNT,
MIN,
and
MAX,
as
well
as
data
analysis
libraries
such
as
pandas
in
Python
that
provide
group-by
and
aggregate
capabilities.
Aggregation
supports
reporting,
profiling,
and
decision-making
by
reducing
large
datasets
to
manageable,
informative
summaries.
hour
to
produce
hourly
averages;
creating
higher-level
indicators
like
total
users
or
average
customer
value
from
finer-grained
data.
Careful
attention
is
needed
to
choose
the
appropriate
level
of
aggregation
(granularity),
address
outliers,
and
consider
weighting
or
anonymization
when
working
with
sensitive
data.
summaries
from
data.