data

1. 1.plural of datum

   • These data show that the new policy is not working as intended.

2. 2.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.

3. 3.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 usually structured (such as statistics).

   • This data shows that X is correlated with Y.

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

   • Let's look at the raw data.

Overall

Very common· #417

By learning goal

Everyday conversation

Rare

General reading & writing

Very common

Academic

Very common

Literature

Rare

Synonyms

• information

Word family

• database