Definition of "data-entry" []

• Catherine of Siena, Saint 1347-1380. Italian religious leader who mediated a peace between the Florentines and Pope Urban VI in 1378.

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• "With additional training, Hart said participants can go on to do everything from being a librarian's assistants to data-entry work in an office."
• "Sometimes he breaks the ice by referring to his own background, which includes running a sleep clinic and an early stint as a hospital data-entry clerk."
• "That automation came at a price for the homeowners who had difficulty fighting incorrect decisions by inexperienced, anonymous employees who took what was in the computer as fact even when homeowners said there were data-entry errors."