The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word DATASETS
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What does DATASETS mean?
DATASETS noun- A file of related records on a computer-readable medium such as disk, especially one on a mainframe computer; a dataset.
- A modem (that connects a device such as a teletype to an ordinary telephone).
- A set of data to be analyzed.