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A Daily Lexicon of Trustworthy Data

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ingestion layer

/ɪnˈdʒɛs.tʃən ˈleɪ.ər/ - n.

1 [colloq.] The door, drawn as a layer to justify a team.Keep. Punchy.This is the problem.

Working definition

2. The tier responsible for acquiring data from sources and landing it into the platform, batch or streaming, with basic validation.

Filed

See also

bronze layerThe pile, renamed to suggest a podium finish.
data pipeline architectureA diagram of arrows, one of which is doing something nobody documented.
serving layerThe exit, drawn as a layer to balance the door.
streaming architectureReal-time delivery of a number no one has agreed how to define yet.