data
UK /ˈdɑːtə/ · US /ˈdeɪtə/ noun, proper noun
Also a form of datum
Forms D
- noun (collective, computing) 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. “Data can be sent through email.”
- noun (collective) 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). “This data shows that X is correlated with Y.”
- proper noun A barangay of Sabangan, Mountain Province, Philippines.
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Etymology
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.
Borrowed from Kankanaey Data. See that for more details.
Webster’s 1913
- noun See Datum.
Etymology [L. pl. of datum.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “data”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details