Involves taking data from your database and putting it into an electronic file in a format that another external application or database can recognize.

The answer in the space provided is export. It is because in export, is has the ability to take the data in another file or application which is externally but could still be recognizable. It is a way of sending a file externally or placing them outside of the file that it came from. It could be seen above as it is similar of how it is being remove and placing it in another external application.