The process of viewing data from a summary level to a more detailed level. To drill down through a series of folders, for example, on a desktop means to go through the hierarchy of folders to find a specific file or to click through drop-down menus in a graphical user interface (GUI). To drill down through a database is to access information by starting with a general category and moving through the hierarchy of field to file to record.
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