datumnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈdeɪ.təm/us/ˈdeɪ.t̬əm/plural data specializeda single piece of information
Examples from literature
- Then, when you stop using your computer, the screen saver starts studying the data again.
- There is a lot of data about the Sun.
- Your computer then studies the data and sends the information back to SETI.
- A friend sought data for a biography.
- Our data prove that this test fulfills the requirements of a good test.
- Perhaps we have not sufficient data to arrive at a correct explanation of this kind of myth.
- The remaining temples furnish us few data on architecture.
- They must be provided, and experiments on a large scale can alone give the data necessary for the determination of the question.