7 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Data \Da"ta\, n. pl. [L. pl. of datum.]
See {Datum}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Datum \Da"tum\, n.; pl. {Data}. [L. See 2d {Date}.]
1. Something given or admitted; a fact or principle granted;
that upon which an inference or an argument is based; --
used chiefly in the plural.
Any writer, therefore, who . . . furnishes us with
data sufficient to determine the time in which he
wrote. --Priestley.
2. pl. (Math.) The quantities or relations which are assumed
to be given in any problem.
{Datum line} (Surv.), the horizontal or base line, from which
the heights of points are reckoned or measured, as in the
plan of a railway, etc.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
data
See {datum}
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
data
n : a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn;
"statistical data" [syn: {information}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
datum
n : an item of factual information derived from measurement or
research [syn: {data point}]
[also: {data} (pl)]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
data
<data, data processing, jargon> /day't*/ (Or "raw data")
Numbers, {characters}, {images}, or other method of recording,
in a form which can be assessed by a human or (especially)
input into a {computer}, stored and {processed} there, or
transmitted on some {digital channel}. Computers nearly
always represent data in {binary}.
Data on its own has no meaning, only when interpreted by some
kind of {data processing system} does it take on meaning and
become {information}.
People or computers can find patterns in data to perceive
information, and information can be used to enhance
{knowledge}. Since knowledge is prerequisite to wisdom, we
always want more data and information. But, as modern
societies verge on {information overload}, we especially need
better ways to find patterns.
1234567.89 is data.
"Your bank balance has jumped 8087% to $1234567.89" is
information.
"Nobody owes me that much money" is knowledge.
"I'd better talk to the bank before I spend it, because of
what has happened to other people" is wisdom.
(1999-04-30)
From eng-fra [engfra]:
data
[deitə]
matériau