ALL meanings of data
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D d - uncountable noun data You can refer to information as data, especially when it is in the form of facts or statistics that you can analyse. In American English, data is usually a plural noun. In technical or formal British English, data is sometimes a plural noun, but at other times, it is an uncount noun. 3
- uncountable noun data Data is information that can be stored and used by a computer program. 3
- noun plural data a series of observations, measurements, or facts; information 3
- noun plural data the information operated on by a computer program 3
- noun plural data facts or figures to be processed; evidence, records, statistics, etc. from which conclusions can be inferred; information 3
- noun plural data information in a form suitable for storing and processing by a computer 3
- noun data Data is information presented in numbers, letters, or other form. 3
- noun data Facts and statistics collected together for reference or analysis. 1
- noun Technical meaning of data (data, data processing, jargon) /day't*/ (Or "raw data") Numbers, characters, images, or other method of recording, in a form which can be assessed by a human or (especially) input into a computer, stored and processed there, or transmitted on some digital channel. Computers nearly always represent data in binary. Data on its own has no meaning, only when interpreted by some kind of data processing system does it take on meaning and become information. For example, the binary data 01110101 might represent the integer 117 or the ASCII lower case U character or the blue component of a pixel in some video. Which of these it represents is determined by the way it is processed (added, printed, displayed, etc.). Even these numbers, characters or pixels however are still not really information until their context is known, e.g. my bank balance is £117, there are two Us in "vacuum", you have blue eyes. 1
- noun data Data is a plural of datum, which is originally a Latin noun meaning “something given.” Today, data is used in English both as a plural noun meaning “facts or pieces of information” (These data are described more fully elsewhere) and as a singular mass noun meaning “information”: Not much data is available on flood control in Brazil. It is almost always treated as a plural in scientific and academic writing. In other types of writing it is either singular or plural. The singular datum meaning “a piece of information” is now rare in all types of writing. In surveying and civil engineering, where datum has specialized senses, the plural form is datums. 1
- noun data a plural of datum. 1
- noun data (used with a plural verb) individual facts, statistics, or items of information: These data represent the results of our analyses. Data are entered by terminal for immediate processing by the computer. 1
- noun data (used with a singular verb) a body of facts; information: Additional data is available from the president of the firm. 1
- noun plural data a single piece of information, as a fact, statistic, or code; an item of data. 1
- noun plural data Philosophy. any fact assumed to be a matter of direct observation. any proposition assumed or given, from which conclusions may be drawn. 1
- noun data information 1
- noun plural data Also called sense datum. Epistemology. the object of knowledge as presented to the mind. Compare ideatum. 1
- noun data facts 1
- noun plural data Surveying, Civil Engineering. any level surface, line, or point used as a reference in measuring elevations. 1
- noun data statistics 1
- noun data computing: program information 1
- noun plural data Surveying. a basis for horizontal control surveys, consisting of the longitude and latitude of a certain point, the azimuth of a certain line from this point, and two constants used in defining the terrestrial spheroid. 0
- noun data (Uncountable Noun) (collectively) Information, especially in a scientific or computational context, or with the implication that it is organized. 0
- noun data (computing) A representation of facts or ideas in a formalized manner capable of being communicated or manipulated by some process. 0