Which is the most fitting word for the disposal of unnecessary data in a data set; filtering or filtration?
e.g. Log data filtering or Log data filtration?
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Sign up to join this communityFiltration is the process of separating solid/particles from fluids.
I would then go with filtering, though filter alone may do as well.
(data filtering),(data filtration)
you will see that data filtering is far more common, and that data filtration usually appears in texts that were authored probably by non-native speakers (judging by their names).