data

noun

1. (form-of, plural)plural of datum

   “Holonym: data set”

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

   “First from these Data, let us obtain the Breadth of the Glass e z”

2. (collective, uncountable)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. (collective, uncountable)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”

   “This data shows that X is correlated with Y.”

   “With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get[…]”

   “Risk is everywhere.[…]For each one there is a frighteningly precise measurement of just how likely it is to jump from the shadows and get you. “The Norm Chronicles”[…]aims to help data-phobes find their way through this blizzard of risks.”

   “When Hill wrote his history of “dude,” understanding such trends in slang was close to impossible. There simply weren’t enough data. Not so today. To uncover the hidden shape of vocative use, linguists can draw on one of the best datasets the English language has ever had: Twitter.”

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

   “run out of data”

name

1. A barangay of Sabangan, Mountain Province, Philippines.