Consolidation

Consolidation - Also known as merging (mailing list terminology), consolidation is merging various data sets into a single master set, standardizing table structure, data types, fields and their values.

[Category=Database Management ]

Source: Northwest Database Services, 07 November 2009 11:12:22, http://www.nwdatabase.com/database-glossary-c.htm

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Consolidation - The process that takes data from different systems and entities, and possibly disparate formats, and combines and aggregates that information to create a unified view.

[Category=Information Management ]

Source: Information-Management.com, 07 June 2010 10:00:55, http://www.information-management.com/glossary/c.html