Borrowed from Latin data, nominative plural of datum, neuter past participle of dō.

• (British, Ireland, America, sometimes, Aus, New Zealand, South Africa)
  • enPR: dā'tə, IPA: /ˈdeɪtə/
  • (America) IPA: [ˈdeɪ.ɾə]
• (America, Canada, Ireland)
  • enPR: dăt'ə, IPA: /ˈdætə/, [ˈdæ.ɾə]
• (Aus, New Zealand, South Africa, <> <>)
  • • (South Africa, <> <>) IPA: /ˈdɑːtə/
    • (Australia, New Zealand) IPA: /ˈdɐːtə/, [ˈdäːɾə]

1. plural form of datum

   Synonyms: data points

   These data show clearly that X is correlated with Y, although they tell us nothing about causation.

2. (collectively, uncountable) Information, especially in a scientific or computational context, or with the implication that it is organized.

   This data shows clearly that X is correlated with Y, although it tells us nothing about causation.

   • 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page vii:

     With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get […]

3. (collectively) Recorded observations that are usually presented in a structured format.

   Near-synonyms: dataset, data set, data points, information

4. (computing) A representation of facts or ideas in a formalized manner capable of being communicated or manipulated by some process.

   Coordinate term: information

5. (mobile telephony) Ellipsis of mobile data: digital information transmitted using the cellular telephone network rather than Wi-Fi.

   run out of data

• data acquisition
• data analysis
• data domain
• data element

• data entry
• data farming
• data hiding
• data integrity
• data maintenance
• data management
• data mining
• data modeling
• data path, datapath
• data processing
• data recovery
• data set
• data sink
• data source
• data warehouse
• data visualization

• French: données
• German: Daten, Informationseinheiten
• Italian: dato
• Portuguese: dados
• Russian: да́нные
• Spanish: datos