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Data - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Data : (noun)
1: a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn;
"statistical data" [syn: information]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Data : \Da"ta\, n. pl. [L. pl. of datum.]
See Datum.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Datum \Da"tum\, n.; pl. Data. [L. See 2d Date.]
1. Something given or admitted; a fact or principle granted;
that upon which an inference or an argument is based; --
used chiefly in the plural.
Any writer, therefore, who . . . furnishes us with
Data : sufficient to determine the time in which he
wrote. --Priestley.
2. pl. (Math.) The quantities or relations which are assumed
to be given in any problem.
Datum line (Surv.), the horizontal or base line, from which
the heights of points are reckoned or measured, as in the
plan of a railway, etc.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Data :
/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.
People or computers can find patterns in data to perceive
information, and information can be used to enhance
knowledge. Since knowledge is prerequisite to wisdom, we
always want more data and information. But, as modern
societies verge on information overload, we especially need
better ways to find patterns.
1234567.89 is data.
"Your bank balance has jumped 8087% to $1234567.89" is
information.
"Nobody owes me that much money" is knowledge.
"I'd better talk to the bank before I spend it, because of
what has happened to other people" is wisdom.
(1999-04-30)
Based on the Online Dictionary of Computing [Computer_Dictionary]:
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Data : Data: Facts, statistics, and the like. In medicine and the health sciences, people often speak of "the data" erroneously in the singular. "Data" is a plural noun and takes a plural verb, as
in "the data are very convincing." It comes from the Latin "datum", meaning "a thing given."
For the Romans
data were surely plural
but we fear that,
for lack of Latinists,
data now is often
sadly singular.
Based on the Online Dictionary of Computing [Computer_Dictionary]:
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Example Usage of Data |
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cammerman: @kevindente @lazycoder It's not for preserving your Data. It's a barrier to actions that could take forever to perform (and rollback). |
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melburnian: or if there is any way to extract my Data from the actual disk... anyone...? |
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AdammasBooth: RT @colderICE: New Post 4 Ya:: John Donahoe Is Not Giving Much Hype About eBay’s Sales Data http://ow.ly/167yAY |
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