°plural: data A
measurement of something on a
scale understood by both the
recorder (a person or device) and the
reader (another person or device). The scale is arbitrarily defined, such as from 1 to 10 by ones, 1 to 100 by 0.1, or simply
true or
false,
on or
off,
yes,
no, or
maybe, etc.
°plural: data a fact known from direct observation.