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+aliases: datasets, data-set
+display_name: dataset
+short_description: A dataset is a collection of related sets of information that is composed of separate elements
+topic: dataset
+wikipedia_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_set
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+A data set is a collection of data. In the case of tabular data, a data set corresponds to one or more database tables, where every column of a table represents a particular variable, and each row corresponds to a given record of the data set in question
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