Meaning of data In English

• 0 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.

• 1 information collected for use:

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

• 2 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.

• 3 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.