We lay out the data resources you need to make sense of the coronavirus pandemic, and deal with the torrent of data we all face in our work and in our lives.
The tools you need to deal with Covid-19 information overload|Quartz Staff|October 10, 2020|Quartz
We hope these answers can help you, too—not just to make sense of the pandemic, but to deal with the torrent of data we all face in our work and in our lives.
How to get to grips with the pandemic data deluge|Dan Kopf|October 4, 2020|Quartz
To sustain the torrent of information available, the app doles out subsidies and devises monetization methods for creators, sharing ad revenue and allowing them to sell products.
News apps in the US and China use algorithms to drive engagement, discovery|Rita Liao|October 1, 2020|TechCrunch
Within minutes his mycological patter picks up speed, and he leaps between bulletins almost faster than he can talk, a ceaseless torrent of fungal enthusiasm.
The Fungal Evangelist Who Would Save the Bees - Issue 90: Something Green|Merlin Sheldrake|September 23, 2020|Nautilus
Backup dancers materialize, sparking a torrent of eye-catching choreography.
The Making of Kiesza: From Navy Sharpshooter to Beauty Queen to Pop Diva|Marlow Stern|October 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The cascade of same-sex marriage rulings is now a torrent, each more quotable and image-ready than the last.
Pennsylvania. Oregon. Is Gay Marriage Unstoppable?|Jay Michaelson|May 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The second cultural strain revealed itself in a torrent of abuse on Twitter and other forums.
Miss America, Meet India’s ‘Dark’ Side|Tunku Varadarajan|September 17, 2013|DAILY BEAST
In response, Alexeyev unleashed a torrent of anti-Semitic abuse.
Nikolai Alexeyev’s Fall From Gay Rights Leader to Anti-Semite|James Kirchick|September 5, 2013|DAILY BEAST
And as usual, Dermer levels his accusations with a torrent of intellectual self-regard and little actual evidence.
Reading Israel's New U.S. Ambassador|Peter Beinart|July 10, 2013|DAILY BEAST
In an instant the torrent had caught them in its whirling eddies, and they were so many separate atoms borne along on the flood.
The Ward of King Canute|Ottilie A. Liljencrantz
A torrent, almost always dry, but capable of becoming terrible in a storm, descends from Mount Subasio and passes beside it.
Life of St. Francis of Assisi|Paul Sabatier
But the movements of the Muscovite conquerors have none of the torrent rush of those great invasions of the past.
Historic Tales, Vol. 8 (of 15)|Charles Morris
But before I could conclude, she burst into a torrent of tears and rushed from the room.
Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 2 (of 2)|Charles Lever
"Give me your cap," she said, and into Merle's cap spurted a torrent of coins.
The Wrong Twin|Harry Leon Wilson
British Dictionary definitions for torrent
torrent
/ (ˈtɒrənt) /
noun
a fast, voluminous, or violent stream of water or other liquid
an overwhelming flow of thoughts, words, sound, etc
computinga file that controls the transfer of data in a BitTorrent systemSee BitTorrent
adjective
rarelike or relating to a torrent
Word Origin for torrent
C17: from French, from Latin torrēns (noun), from torrēns (adjective) burning, from torrēre to burn