Added 2 October 2026
data
/ˈdɑːtə/ noun
Latin root: data Wiktionary
noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about data at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
noun
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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.
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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.
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Ellipsis of mobile data (“digital information transmitted using the cellular telephone network rather than Wi-Fi”).
run out of data
Origin
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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