English Explanatory Dictionary

data

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. plural of datum
noun
  1. 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.
  2. 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).
  3. Ellipsis of mobile data (“digital information transmitted using the cellular telephone network rather than Wi-Fi”).
name
  1. A barangay of Sabangan, Mountain Province, Philippines.

Pronunciation

dät'ə /ˈdɑː.tə/ /ɖɑ.ʈɑ/ [ˈdäː.ɾə] en-au-data.ogg dā'tə /ˈdeɪ.tə/ /ɖe.ʈɑ/ [ˈdeɪ.ɾə] en-us-data1.ogg dăt'ə /ˈdæt.ə/ en-us-data2.ogg /ɖa.ʈɑ/

Word forms

data D

Etymology

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

Synonyms

data points dataset data set

Derived words

abstract data type air data algebraic data type anecdata application protocol data unit automatic data processing machine biodata bulk data champion data dark data data access object data acquisition data analysis databack databank data bank data base data-base database databend data binding data binning data blocker databook data-bound databox data breach data broker data bus data cable Data Carrier Equipment datacast data center data centre datacentric Data Circuit-Terminating Equipment data collection data collection tree data communications Data Communications Equipment data compression data controller data coupling data cube data custody data dictionary data division data domain data dredging data-driven data element data engineer data entry data exhaust data farming data feed datafication data file datafile data flow
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