data
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.
Noun 2 meanings
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.”
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).
“Near-synonyms: dataset, data set, data points”
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin data, nominative plural of datum (“that is given”), neuter past participle of dō (“to give”); by surface analysis, dat(um) + -a. Doublet of date.
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DATA at a glance
DATA has 4 letters and scores 5 points in Scrabble (D 2 + A 1 + T 1 + A 1) and 5 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #430 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with data
All rhymes- METADATA11
- STRATA6
- SONATA6
- AUTOMATA10
- KATA8
- ZAPATA17
- RATA4
- ERRATA6
- CANTATA9
- STIGMATA11
- MATATA8
- PINATA8
One letter away
- DATE5
- DADA6
- KATA8
- RATA4
- DATO5
- DITA5
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