data

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn

   statistical data

2. 2
   noun

   plural of datum

   Holonym: data set

3. 3
   noun

   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.

   Data can be sent through email.

4. 4
   noun

   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).

   Near-synonyms: dataset, data set, data points

5. 5
   noun

   Ellipsis of mobile data (“digital information transmitted using the cellular telephone network rather than Wi-Fi”).

   run out of data

6. 6
   name

   A barangay of Sabangan, Mountain Province, Philippines.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin data, nominative plural of datum (“that is given”), neuter past participle of dō (“to give”). Doublet of date.