Data
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈdɑː.tə/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Data is a noun meaning plural of datum.
Meaning
plural of datum.
More Meanings
- (mobile telephony) Ellipsis of mobile data (“digital information transmitted using the cellular telephone network rather than Wi-Fi”).
- (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 is usually structured (such as statistics).
- (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.
Example Sentences
Holonym: data set
Data can be sent through email.
This data shows that X is correlated with Y.
Near-synonyms: dataset, data set, data points
Synonyms for data
Depending on context, synonyms include data points, dataset, information.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include information, informatics, computer, datafile, datatype, dataset.
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