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data

[ dey-tuh, dat-uh ]

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noun

(usually used with a singular verb) Digital Technology. information in digital format, as encoded text or numbers, or multimedia images, audio, or video:
The data was corrupted and can鈥檛 be retrieved.
Data is entered for immediate processing by the computer.
(used with a singular verb) a body of facts; information:
Additional data is available from the president of the firm.
(used with a plural verb) individual facts, statistics, or items of information:
These data represent the results of our analyses.
a plural of datum.

data

/ 藞de瑟t蓹; 藞d蓱藧t蓹 /

plural noun

a series of observations, measurements, or facts; information
Also calledinformation computing the information operated on by a computer program

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Usage Note

Data is a plural of datum, which is originally a Latin noun meaning 鈥渟omething given.鈥� Today, data is used in English both as a plural noun meaning 鈥渇acts or pieces of information鈥� ( These data are described more fully elsewhere ) and as a singular mass noun meaning 鈥渋nformation鈥� ( Not much data is available on flood control in Brazil ). It is usually treated as a plural in scientific and academic writing. In the digital or computer sense it is almost always treated as a mass noun and used with a singular verb. In other types of writing it is either singular or plural. The Latinate singular datum meaning 鈥渁 piece of information鈥� is now rare in all types of writing. In surveying and civil engineering, where datum has specialized senses, the plural form is datums.

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Usage

Although now often used as a singular noun, data is properly a plural

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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

辫谤别路诲补路迟补 noun

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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of data¹

First recorded in 1640鈥�50; from Latin, plural of datum ( def )

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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of data¹

C17: from Latin, literally: (things) given, from dare to give

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The average cost of a full school uniform and PE kit for a child at secondary school is 拢442, and is 拢343 for a primary school pupil, according to the latest DfE data.

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鈥淭here was an initial sin that I think we鈥檙e not over yet, which is they gathered all the data. They took all the scripts, they took all the movies,鈥� Chu told the audience.

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This influx has said to have filled crucial skill gaps in Armenia's tech sector, in areas such as data processing, cybersecurity, and financial technologies.

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Previously only California and New York were publicly releasing data.

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"An additional 697 martyrs have been added to the cumulative statistics after their data was completed and verified by the committee monitoring missing persons," the health ministry said.

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