the.com/herding
The art of bending a hundred stubborn minds toward one nervous direction.
means Gathering and guiding a group of animals, or by extension people or data, so they move together as one manageable mass.
from From Old English heord, the flock itself, before the word ever described the act of bossing one around.
Eye powerBorder collies herd by stare, not bark.
Tech twistCell phones cluster like sheep across networks.
Famous futilityHerding cats means coordinating the uncoordinatable.