✿ DATA

1) *In computing, data is information that has been translated into a form that is more convenient to move or process. Relative to today's computers and transmission media, data is information converted into binary digital form.

*In computer

component interconnection and network communication, data is often distinguished from "control information," "control bits," and similar terms to identify the main content of a transmission unit.

* In telecommunications, data sometimes means digital-encoded information to distinguish it from analog-encoded information such as conventional telephone voice calls. In general, "analog" or voice transmission requires a dedicated continual connection for the duration of a related series of transmissions. Data transmission can often be sent with intermittent connections in packets that arrive in piecemeal fashion.

* Generally and in science, data is a gathered body of facts.

Some authorities and publishers, cognizant of the word's Latin origin and as the plural form of "datum," use plural verb forms with "data". Others take the view that since "datum" is rarely used, it is more natural to treat "data" as a singular form.

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2) Data is a collection of distinct pieces of information, particularly information that has been formatted (i.e., organized) in some specific way for use in analysis or making decisions.

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3) The term data refers to qualitative or quantitative attributes of a variable or set of variables. Data (plural of "datum") are typically the results of measurements and can be the basis of graphs, images, or observations of a set of variables. Data are often viewed as the lowest level ofabstraction from which information and then knowledge are derived. Raw data, i.e. unprocessed data, refers to a collection of numbers,characters, images or other outputs from devices that collect information to convert physical quantities into symbols.

SOURCE: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data

4)Computer data is information processed or stored by a computer. This information may be in the form of text documents, images, audio clips, software programs, or other types of data. Computer data may be processed by the computer's CPU and is stored in files and folders on the computer's hard disk.

At its most rudimentary level, computer data is a bunch of ones and zeros, known as binary data. Because all computer data is in binary format, it can be created, processed, saved, and stored digitally. This allows data to be transferred from one computer to another using a network connection or various media devices. It also does not deteriorate over time or lose quality after being used multiple times.

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5)1. Information in raw or unorganized form (such as alphabets, numbers, or symbols) that refer to, orrepresent, conditions, ideas, or objects. Data is limitless and present everywhere in the universe. 

2. Computers: Symbols or signals that are input, stored, and processed by a computer, for output as usable information.

SOURCE: http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/data.html

6) a pc of information that is being stored and processed by a computer.

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