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Data

A representation of information in a computer (as symbols, quantities, sound, images or videos) which is stored, processed or transmitted in the form of electrical signals, records on magnetic tape or punched cards, etc.

Pronunciation: /ˈdɑːtə/, /ɖɑʈɑ/

What “Data” means

Noun

  1. A representation of information in a computer (as symbols, quantities, sound, images or videos) which is stored, processed or transmitted in the form of electrical signals, records on magnetic tape or punched cards, etc.
  2. Material recorded and known or assumed as facts and used as a basis for reasoning, discussion, or calculation, represented especially in the form of numbers, and usually structured (such as statistics).
  3. Ellipsis of mobile data (“digital information transmitted using the cellular telephone network rather than Wi-Fi”).

Where the word comes from

Borrowed from Latin data, nominative plural of datum (“that is given”), neuter past participle of dō (“to give”); by surface analysis, dat(um) + -a. Doublet of date.

Meanings and etymology from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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