data
noun [U, + sing/pl verb] /ˈdeɪ.tə/
/-t̬ə/ Definition
B2 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 and messages
(Definition of data noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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