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word choice - What is a good term to describe different ways to view the same data?


Software gives us different ways to view the exact same data with each "view" targeted at a specific task.


For example, in Stack Exchange, questions can be viewed in



  • The review queue where you only see questions listed which need to be reviewed

  • The main question list where everything is listed

  • Edit history pages where you can see and compare every version of a question

  • Mods have access to vote fraud tools

  • etc


Every one of those "views" is highly customized for the task at hand showing only those pieces of the data that matter at that moment.


Is there a good term to describe this feature without all the long winded explanation?




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