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'''Data''' refers to a collection of natural phenomena descriptors including the results of [[experience]], [[observation]] or [[experiment]], or a set of [[premise]]s. This may consist of [[number]]s, [[word]]s, or [[image]]s, particularly as [[measurement]]s or observations of a set of [[variable]]s. Data on its own has no [[meaning]], only when [[interpreted]] by some kind of data processing system does it take on meaning and become [[information]]. '''Data''' refers to a collection of natural phenomena descriptors including the results of [[experience]], [[observation]] or [[experiment]], or a set of [[premise]]s. This may consist of [[number]]s, [[word]]s, or [[image]]s, particularly as [[measurement]]s or observations of a set of [[variable]]s. Data on its own has no [[meaning]], only when [[interpreted]] by some kind of data processing system does it take on meaning and become [[information]].
==See also== ==See also==
-* [[Biological data]]+* [[Big data]]
* [[Data management]] * [[Data management]]
* [[Database]] * [[Database]]

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Data refers to a collection of natural phenomena descriptors including the results of experience, observation or experiment, or a set of premises. This may consist of numbers, words, or images, particularly as measurements or observations of a set of variables. Data on its own has no meaning, only when interpreted by some kind of data processing system does it take on meaning and become information.

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