Data Definition
data
See also dáta, dată, and đa tạ
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English
Wikipedia has articles on: DataEtymology
From Latin data, plural of datum (‘that is given’), neuter past participle of dare (‘to give’).
Pronunciation
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- (Australia, UK formal)
Noun
Wikipedia has an article on: DataWikipedia data (uncountable) or plural noun
- Plural form of datum: pieces of information.
- (uncountable, collectively) information.
- 1992, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, page vii
- 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 […]
- 1992, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, page vii
- A collection of object-units that are distinct from one another.
Usage notes
- This word is more often used as an uncountable noun with a singular verb than as a plural noun, with singular datum.
Derived terms
terms derived from data (noun)
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Related terms
External links
- The American Heritage® Dictionary's usage note on 'data'
- Calpundit: YOU SAY DAY-TA, I SAY DAA-TA
- John Quiggin: Data is not the plural of datum
- johnaugust.com: ‘Data’ is singular
Anagrams
Catalan
Noun
data f. (plural dates)
- date (specific moment in time)
Czech
Pronunciation
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Audio (file)
Noun
data
Related terms
Danish
Danish Wikipedia has an article on: DataWikipedia da
Noun
data n. (singular definite dataet, plural indefinite data)
Inflection
Inflection of data| neuter gender | Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative, dative and accusative | data | dataet | data | dataene |
| genitive | datas | dataets | datas | dataenes |
Dutch
Noun
data c. (uncountable)
- Plural form of datum.
- (uncountable) data, information
Synonyms
Finnish
(index d)
Finnish Wikipedia has an article on: DataWikipedia fi
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: da‧ta
Noun
data
Declension
Declension of data (type kala)
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Derived terms
- data-arkisto
- dataliikenne
- datanlouhinta
- datanomi
- datansiirto
- datansiirtoverkko
- dataprojektori
- datasiirto
- datasiirtolaite
- datasiirtoverkko
- datasähkö
- datatekniikka
- dataverkko
- dataväylä
- metadata
French
Verb
data
- third-person singular past historic of dater
Italian
Etymology
from Latin data
Noun
data f. (plural date)
Verb
data
- Feminine singular of dato, past participle of dare
- third-person singular present tense of datare
- second-person singular imperative of datare
Related terms
Latin
Participle
data
- nominative feminine singular of datus
- nominative neuter plural of datus
- accusative neuter plural of datus
- vocative feminine singular of datus
- vocative neuter plural of datus
datā
- ablative feminine singular of datus
Old Irish
Noun
data m.
Synonyms
- (foster father): aite
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA: [ˈdata]
Noun
data f.
- date (the point of time at which event takes place; a specific day)
Declension
declension of data| singular | plural | |
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| nominative | data | daty |
| genitive | daty | dat |
| dative | dacie | datom |
| accusative | datę | daty |
| instrumental | datą | datami |
| locative | dacie | datach |
| vocative | dato | daty |
Portuguese
Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on: DataWikipedia pt
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA: /ˈda.tə/, X-SAMPA: /"da.t@/
- (Brazil) IPA: /ˈda.tɑ/
Noun
data f. (plural datas)
- date (point of time at which a transaction or event takes place)
Spanish
Noun
data f. (plural datas)
- date (point of time at which a transaction or event takes place)
Related terms
Verb
data (infinitive datar)
- Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of datar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of datar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of datar.
Swedish
Etymology
Latin plural of datum, "that which is given", given information, facts at hand, a date in the calendar.
Noun
data c.
- (uncountable) information, especially encoded information that can be processed by computers
- (colloquial) (dated) short for datamaskin, a computer
- Det är fel på datan
- Something's wrong with the computer
- 1966, Olof Johannesson (pen name of Hannes Alfvén), "Sagan om den stora datamaskinen"
- De första datorna var ju också mycket enkla.
- And the first computers were very simple.
- De första datorna var ju också mycket enkla.
- Det är fel på datan
Declension
Declension of data 2| singular | plural | |||
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| common | indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite |
| nominative | data | datan | dator | datorna |
| genitive | datas | datans | dators | datornas |
Usage notes
- The first definition is rarely inflected, but most often used in its basic form. In the definite form, both neuter (datat) and common gender (datan) forms are used. For the compound indata, Google yields 440,000 hits, but only 2110 for indatan and 1200 for indatat. The Latin singular datum is not used in this sense, because it is already Swedish for date (in the calendar).
- Swedish lacked a good and short word for computer until dator was proposed in 1968. The colloquial "data" was used in the 1960s and survived into the 1980s. Confusing enough, dator is also the plural of data, and the plural definite forms datorerna/datorna are very similar.
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