datum

da·tum (dāt′əm, dat′-; Brit also dä′təm)

noun pl. da′ta--ə or da′·tums

something known or assumed; information from which conclusions can be inferred
a real or assumed thing, used as a basis for calculations or measurements, as a level (also datum plane) from which elevations and depths are measured in surveying

Etymology: L, what is given, neut. of datus: see date

Converse of object

collect: Esprit People collects personal data about you to help in the recruitment process.
analyze: What is the best method of analyzing the data I have?
gather: Also speech data gathered during the field trial was analyzed to give speech recognition accuracy.
obtain: The service is able to obtain accurate, reproducible data for a wide range of samples.
store: The long term memory is there to search all of the stored data to look for advantage.
contain: The other is an Excel 95 or Excel 97 file containing numeric data.

Adjective modifier

personal: Esprit People collects personal data about you to help in the recruitment process.
raw: Parameters Filename Name of the file containing the rate raw data.
statistical: Chapter 8, unlike the preceding ones, is not based on statistical data.
experimental: We will review how this property has been harnessed to design a robust method for analyzing experimental chaotic data.
sensitive: Why do we collect and process sensitive personal data?
qualitative: Equally, metadata plays a crucial role in the identification, retrieval, management and long-term storage of digital qualitative data.

Modifies a noun

collection: Here is a story to illustrate why I think we need to be concerned about such untrammeled data collection.
analysis: Across these various studies, data analyzes revealed that exemplary teachers differed from their less exemplary peers on several dimensions.
protection: This should be the first port of call when seeking to obtain guidance about UK data protection matters.
acquisition: The system can involve both your laboratory instrument and specialist data acquisition and control hardware.

Noun used with modifier

census: Mental health parity in census data in fair or is available that.
input: This keyword can be used to exclude part of the input data by resolution cutoffs.
survey: We know from survey data that approximately one in six such victims will also have to deal with wrongful criminal records.
baseline: SAMPLING DESIGN: Includes collection of baseline data, monthly monitoring and annual evaluation of key indicators.

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