data
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▸ noun [mass noun] facts and statistics collected together for reference or analysis:
there is very little data available.
the quantities, characters, or symbols on which operations are performed by a computer, which may be stored and transmitted in the form of electrical signals and recorded on magnetic, optical, or mechanical recording media.
Philosophy things known or assumed as facts, making the basis of reasoning or calculation.
– ORIGIN mid 17th century (as a term in philosophy): from Latin, plural of datum.
In Latin, data is the plural of datum and, historically and in specialized scientific fields, it is also treated as a plural in English, taking a plural verb, as in the data were collected and classified. In modern non-scientific use, however, it is generally not treated as a plural. Instead, it is treated as a mass noun, similar to a word like information, which takes a singular verb. Sentences such as data was collected over a number of years are now widely accepted in standard English.
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