Data Definition

dātə, dătə, dätə
datum
noun
Facts or figures to be processed; evidence, records, statistics, etc. from which conclusions can be inferred; information.
Webster's New World
Information in a form suitable for storing and processing by a computer.
Webster's New World

Plural form of datum: Pieces of information.

Wiktionary

(uncountable, collectively) Information, especially in a scientific or computational context.

Wiktionary

(computing) A representation of facts or ideas in a formalized manner capable of being communicated or manipulated by some process.

Wiktionary

Origin of Data

  • From Latin data, nominative plural of datum (“that is given”), neuter past participle of (“I give”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin pl. of datum datum

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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