The Latin word data is the plural of datum, "(thing) given", neuter past participle of dare, "to give". The first English use of the word "data" is from the 1640s. The word "data" was first used … See more

Data, information, knowledge, and wisdom are closely related concepts, but each has its role concerning the other, and each term has its … See more

An important field in computer science, technology, and library science is the longevity of data. Scientific research generates huge … See more

• Biological data
• Computer data processing
• Computer memory
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Whenever data needs to be registered, data exists in the form of a data document. Kinds of data documents include:
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Although data is also increasingly used in other fields, it has been suggested that the highly interpretive nature of them might be at odds with the ethos of data as "given". Peter Checkland introduced the term capta (from the Latin capere, "to take") to distinguish between … See more

• Data is a singular noun (a detailed assessment)
/ref> Similarly, a survey of 100 datasets in Dryad found that more than half lacked the details to reproduce the research results from these studies. See more