Data

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Usage Note 1.3.2 Translations 1.3.3 Derived terms 1.4 External links 2 Italian 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Noun 2.3 Related terms

English

Pronunciation

• (UK, US): dā'tə, /ˈdeɪtə/, /"deIt@/

  Rhymes: -eɪtə

• (US): dă'tə, /ˈdætə/, /"d{t@/
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  Rhymes: -ætə

• (Aus, US, UK formal): dä'tə, /ˈdɑːtə/, /"dA:t@/

  Rhymes: -ɑːtə

Etymology

Latin data, plural of datum, that is given, neuter past participle of dare, to give.

Noun

data (plural or uncountable)

1. Plural of datum: Pieces of information.
2. (collectively; uncountable) Information.

Usage Note

• Colloquially, this word is often used as an uncountable noun with a singular verb.
• In statistics, this word is usually a plural noun, with singular datum.

Translations

• Dutch: gegevens o plural
• Finnish: data (1, 2), tiedot (1), tieto (2)
• French: données f plural
• Italian: dati m plural

Derived terms

• databank
• database
• data entry
• data processing
• data set

External links

• AskOxford.com: Is 'data' singular or plural?
• The American Heritage® Dictionary's usage note on 'data'
• Calpundit: YOU SAY DAY-TA, I SAY DAA-TA
• John Quiggin: Data is not the plural of datum
• johnaugust.com: ‘Data’ is singular

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Italian

Etymology

from Latin data

Noun

data f

1. date
2. data

Related terms

• databile
• datare
• datario
• datato
• datazione
• datoel:data

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