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datamäärien

Datamäärien is a Finnish term that denotes data quantities. Grammatically, it is the genitive plural form of datamäärä and is used to refer to amounts of data in various contexts. The term appears in information technology, data management, and data science texts written in Finnish.

Usage and examples include phrases such as datamäärien kasvu (the growth of data quantities), datamäärien hallinta

Measurement and units typically associated with datamäärien are byte-based scales, such as bytes, kilobytes, megabytes, gigabytes,

Relation to other terms: datamäärien is not a unit itself but a plural noun referring to data

(the
management
of
data
quantities),
and
datamäärien
mittaaminen
(the
measurement
of
data
quantities).
The
concept
can
apply
to
stored
data,
data
that
is
transmitted,
or
data
contained
in
datasets.
In
practice,
discussions
about
datamäärien
often
focus
on
how
large
volumes
affect
storage
needs,
bandwidth,
performance,
and
cost.
terabytes,
and
larger
units
like
petabytes
and
exabytes.
In
planning
and
reporting,
datamäärien
are
used
to
describe
capacity
requirements,
retention
policies,
data
processing
loads,
and
data
transfer
rates.
The
term
is
common
in
technical
reports,
IT
project
planning
documents,
and
policy
discussions
related
to
data
infrastructure.
volumes.
It
is
related
to,
but
distinct
from,
concepts
such
as
data
volume,
data
size,
data
storage,
and
data
throughput.
See
also
related
terms
in
Finnish
IT
and
data-management
literature.