data

4 definitions • 8 examples

information, especially facts or numbers, collected to be examined and considered and used to help decision-making, or information in an electronic form that can be stored and used by a computer:

The data was/were collected by various researchers.

Now the data is/are being transferred from magnetic tape to hard disk.

information collected for use:

They had data on health, education, and economic development.

information, especially facts or numbers, collected to be examined and considered and used to help with making decisions:

The data shows that more than 80% of the agricultural workforce is Hispanic.

financial/personal/sales data

The database for each health authority should be able to provide data on the number of staff residing in each location.

She earns about $13.50 an hour collecting data for the US Department of Labor.

information in an electronic form that can be stored and processed by a computer:

The students' task was to prepare all the posters and electronic data for the publicity campaign.