The answer that best fits the blank provided is the term is DATA COLLECTION. The main goal of data collection is the gathering of relevant data regarding the system that is under study. There are many ways of data collection and it would differ depending on what type of information you are going to gather.
Explorer, Windows Explorer
I would say a because it was lots of letters and numbers
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Searching, hope that helps. its 100% correct, goodluck.