data

pronunciation

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  • Noun:
    a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn

Word Origin

data (n.)
1640s, plural of datum, from Latin datum "(thing) given," neuter past participle of dare "to give" (see date (n.1)). Meaning "transmittable and storable computer information" first recorded 1946. Data processing is from 1954.

Example

1. Web data mining tools are plentiful .
2. Those data spanned the years between 1981 and 2010 .
3. I will add the data about this experience and remember to never help a cow walking on a road again .
4. How plm will manage data ?
5. The data confirm this hypothesis .

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