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Definition of 'data'English
Alternative forms
* (electronics)
Noun
( wikipedia)
( -) or plural noun
English plurals: Pieces of information.
(uncountable|collectively) Information, especially in a scientific or computational context.
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- With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get
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(computing) A representation of facts or ideas in a formalized manner capable of being communicated or manipulated by some process.
Usage notes
* This word is more often used as an uncountable noun with a singular verb than as a plural noun with singular datum.
* The definition of data'' in the computing context is from an international standard vocabulary] and is meant to distinguish ''data'' from ''information . However, this distinction is largely ignored by the computing profession.[http://eprints.utas.edu.au/1957/1/Cm1My.pdf
Derived terms
* big data
* databank
* database
* datasheet
* data acquisition
* data analysis
* data domain
( der-mid4)
* data element
* data entry
* data farming
* data hiding
* data integrity
* data maintenance
* data management
( der-mid4)
* data mining
* data modeling
* data path, datapath
* data processing
* data recovery
* data set
* data sink
( der-mid4)
* data source
* data warehouse
* metadata
* primary data
* raw data
( der-bottom)
References
* (The American Heritage Dictionary's usage note on 'data')
* Calpundit: YOU SAY DAY-TA, I SAY DAA-TA
* John Quiggin: Data is not the plural of datum
* johnaugust.com: ‘Data’ is singular
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