biodata

/ ˈbaɪəʊˌdeɪtə; -ˌdɑːtə /

noun

1. information regarding an individual's education and work history, esp in the context of a selection process

Word History and Origins

Origin of biodata¹

C20: from bio ( graphical ) + data

Example Sentences

National Science Foundation is supporting expanded efforts with $30 million over 5 years for a new Center for Braiding Indigenous Knowledges and Science, and the National Institutes of Health is providing $9 million to Stanford University and the Native BioData Consortium, a biobank run by Native geneticists, to create a COVID-19 database for Native people.

From Science Magazine

Yet Sheldrake remains hopeful that, with more time and research, this kind of biodata sonification can one day become reliable enough for empirical application.

From Los Angeles Times

One study even theorized that the electrical impulses captured by these biodata sonification devices can be understood as a type of fungus language.

From Los Angeles Times

Musician and former biologist Tarun Nayar never expected his throwaway TikTok videos playing around with the phenomenon called biodata sonification to go viral.

From Los Angeles Times

In its current state, biodata sonification has limited scientific use, since “we don’t know what these electrical fluctuations say about fungal life.”

From Los Angeles Times