factual information (as measurements or statistics) used as a basis for reasoning, discussion, or calculation the data is plentiful and easily available H. A. Gleason, Jr. comprehensive data on economic growth have been published N. H. Jacoby
formation output by a sensing device or organ that includes both useful and irrelevant or redundant information and must be processed to be meaningful
formation in numerical form that can be digitally transmitted or processed
facts or items of information
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