1 known facts or things used as a basis for inference or reckoning.
2 quantities or characters operated on by a computer etc.
Phrases and idioms:
data bank
1 a store or source of data.
2 = DATABASE. data capture the action or process of entering data into a computer. data processing a series of operations on data, esp. by a computer, to retrieve or classify etc. information. data processor a machine, esp. a computer, that carries out data processing. data protection legal control over access to data stored in computers.
Etymology: pl. of DATUM
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This data was collected from 69 countries.
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the analysis/interpretation of the data
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raw data
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demographical/historical/personal data
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data retrieval
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This computer holds data on all customer accounts.
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Although we were using the same set of data, we obtained different results.
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Data about patients is only released with their permission.
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Data indicates that most crime is committed by young males.
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My aim is to synthesize data from all the surveys.
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One vital item of data was missing from the table.
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Special software is needed to manipulate the mass of data.
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The computer can manipulate massive amounts of data.
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The data derived from this project has increased our knowledge of how genes work.
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The fuller data set for this period permits a much more detailed analysis.
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The government departments refused to provide the data that we required.
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The next step is to feed in all this data.
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There is no hard data to support these theories.
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These demands could breach EU data-protection laws.
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They are not allowed to hold data on people's private finances.
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This data reflects the magnitude of the problem.
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This theory seems to fit the available data.
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We have amassed a large amount of raw data for analysis.
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We have amassed the raw data and are about to begin analysing it.
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We have found some very interesting things in the data.
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We have no data for southern Mexico.
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We need to collect more data before we can do any more work.
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Weather conditions have made accurate data collection difficult.
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data on the effects of pollution
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The computer can manipulate huge amounts of data almost instantaneously.
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The data was collected from 67 countries.
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The historical data is incomplete.
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There is very little reliable data available.
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These data were collected over a period of several months.
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They are testing some new data capture software.
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They do not have any data for southern Spain.
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This is just raw data.
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What methods are you using to interpret the data?
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dataUseful english dictionary. 2012.