Data
/ˈdeɪtə/
EN
Facts, statistics, or information that is collected, analyzed, and used for reference or study, especially in computing and research.
Scientists analyzed the climate data to identify long-term temperature trends.
Etymology
Comes from the Latin word 'data', which is the plural of 'datum' meaning 'something given'. It entered English in the 17th century, originally meaning 'things given', and gained its modern meaning of collected information in the mid-20th century with the rise of computing.
Translations
简体中文
数据,资料
繁體中文
數據,資料
日本語
データ,資料
한국어
데이터,자료
Deutsch
Daten
Español
datos
Português
dados
Français
données
Català
dades
Tiếng Việt
dữ liệu
Collocations
big dataraw datadata analysispersonal datadata collection
Synonyms
informationstatisticsfactsfigures
Related Words
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