English

Alternative forms

• D (electronics)

Noun

data

1. plural of datum

Noun

data ‎(uncountable)

A spreadsheet containing a data table and a graph.

1. (uncountable, collectively) Information, especially in a scientific or computational context, or with the implication that it is organized.

   The raw information was processed and placed into a database so the data could be accessed more quickly.

   • 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 […]

   • 2013 June 22, “Snakes and ladders”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 76:

     Risk is everywhere. […] For each one there is a frighteningly precise measurement of just how likely it is to jump from the shadows and get you. “The Norm Chronicles” […] aims to help data-phobes find their way through this blizzard of risks.

2. (uncountable, collectively) Recorded observations that are usually presented in a structured format.
3. (computing) A representation of facts or ideas in a formalized manner capable of being communicated or manipulated by some process.

Usage notes

• This word is more often used as an uncountable noun with a singular verb than as a plural noun with singular datum.
• The definition of data in the computing context is from an international standard vocabulary and is meant to distinguish data from information. However, this distinction is largely ignored by the computing profession.

Hyponyms

• big data
• metadata
• primary data
• raw data

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

References

• “data” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006. (The American Heritage Dictionary's usage note on 'data')
• John Quiggin: Data is not the plural of datum
• johnaugust.com: ‘Data’ is singular

Anagrams

• adat, TADA, ta-da, tada

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowing from Late Latin data < Latin datus.

Noun

data f ‎(plural dates)

1. date (specific moment in time)

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: da‧ta

Noun

data

1. installment, partial payment

Czech

Pronunciation

Noun

data n pl

1. data

Declension

Related terms

• databáze f
• datový m

Danish

Noun

data n (singular definite dataet, plural indefinite data)

1. datum, data
2. curriculum vitae, résumé

Inflection

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

data c ‎(uncountable)

1. Plural form of datum
2. (uncountable) data, information

Synonyms

• (plural of datum): datums
• (data): gegevens

Finnish

(index d)

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: da‧ta

Noun

data

1. data

Declension

Derived terms

• data-arkisto
• dataliikenne
• datanlouhinta
• datanomi
• datansiirto
• datansiirtoverkko
• dataprojektori
• datasiirto
• datasiirtolaite
• datasiirtoverkko
• datasähkö
• datatekniikka
• dataverkko
• dataväylä
• metadata

French

Verb

data

1. third-person singular past historic of dater

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin data, from Latin datus.

Noun

data f ‎(plural date)

1. date

Derived terms

• "a {n} giorni data" - within {n} days

See also

• dato / dati

Verb

data

1. Feminine singular of dato, past participle of dare
2. third-person singular present of datare
3. second-person singular imperative of datare

Related terms

• databile
• datare
• datario
• datato
• datazione
• dato

Ladin

Noun

data f ‎(plural dates)

1. date (day number of the month)

Latin

Participle

data

1. nominative feminine singular of datus
2. nominative neuter plural of datus
3. accusative neuter plural of datus
4. vocative feminine singular of datus
5. vocative neuter plural of datus

datā

1. ablative feminine singular of datus

References

• DATA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

data m, n ‎(definite singular dataen or dataet, indefinite plural data, definite plural dataene)

1. data
2. short form of datateknologi

Derived terms

References

• “data” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

data n ‎(definite singular dataet, indefinite plural data, definite plural dataa)

1. data
2. short form of datateknologi

Derived terms

References

• “data” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Novial

Verb

data ‎(past datad, active participle datant, passive participle datat)

1. to date (determine the time of origin)

Old Irish

Noun

data m

1. sire, father
2. foster father, godfather, guardian
3. sir

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Synonyms

• (foster father): aite

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdata]

Noun

data f

1. date (the point of time at which event takes place; a specific day)

Declension

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Borrowing from Late Latin data < Latin datus.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈda.tɐ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈda.ta/, /ˈda.tɐ/
• Hyphenation: da‧ta

Noun

data f (plural datas)

1. date (point of time at which a transaction or event takes place)

   Qual é sua data de nascimento?‎

   What is your date of birth?

2. (informal) a large quantity

   Uma data de coisas.‎ ― Lots of things.

Etymology 2

Verb

data

1. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present indicative of datar
2. Second-person singular (tu) affirmative imperative of datar

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowing from Late Latin data < Latin datus.

Noun

data f ‎(plural datas)

1. date (point of time at which a transaction or event takes place)

Related terms

• dato
• datar

Verb

data

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of datar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of datar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of datar.

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin data, from the plural of datum ‎(“that which is given, information, facts at hand, a date in the calendar”).

Noun

data c

1. (uncountable) information, especially encoded information that can be processed by computers
2. (colloquial) short for dator, 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.

Declension

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.