Data

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Data : 1) Symbols, numbers or other representation of facts; 2) The raw material from which information is produced when it is put in a context that gives it meaning. See also Information.

[Category=Data Quality ]

Source: Larry English, http://www.iaidq.com/main/glossary.shtml , 20-Jan-2009 13:49

Data - Data is the raw material from which information is derived and is the basis of intelligent actions and decisions...Data is the only raw material from which information may be produced.

[Category=Data Quality ]

Source: Larry English, "Improving Data Warehouse and Business Information Quality", 1999, p. 19

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Data : raw, unrelated numbers or entries, e.g., in a database; raw forms of transactional representations.

[Category=Data Quality ]

Source: Martin Eppler, http://www.iaidq.com/main/glossary.shtml , 20-Jan-2009 13:49

Data - a series of observations, measurements or facts; information 2. Also called information. Computer technol. the information operated on by a computer program

Source: Collins English Dictionary (1986)

Data - "it is just the facts collected as an abstract description of the real-world entities that the enterprise does business with."

[Category=Data Quality ]

Source: Jim Harris, 20 October 2009 12:35:46, http://www.ocdqblog.com/home/dq-tip-data-quality-is-primarily-about-context-not-accuracy.html?lastPage=true&post

Data - the symbolic representation of something that depends, in part, on its metadata for its meaning

[Category=Data Quality ]

Source: Peter Benson, 16 November 2009 10:16:34, http://www.dataqualitypro.com/data-quality-home/transparency-it-is-about-the-data-the-quality-of-the-data.html

Data - Any and all information available on a list file or made available to augment, correct, enhance, change or effect that file. All demographic or psychographic information found on that file. Hard copy source for conversion to magnetic form.

[Category=Database Marketing ]

Source: Postcom, 25 February 2010 12:09:13, http://postcom.org/public/admail_image/glossary.htm

Data - Data is the reality that a computer records, stores, and processes.

The use of computers can be referred to as data processing. At the lowest level data has no significance for people. This lowest level in the perception of reality is sometimes referred to as "raw data".

[Category=Data Warehousing ]

Source: SDG Computing Inc.,06 May 2010 09:54:48 , SDG Computing, now offline

Data - Items representing facts, text, graphics, bit-mapped images, sound, analog or digital live-video segments. Data is the raw material of a system supplied by data producers and is used by information consumers to create information.

[Category=Information Management ]

Source: Information-Management.com, 09 June 2010 09:46:14, http://www.information-management.com/glossary/d.html

Data - Items representing facts, text, graphics, bitmapped images sound, analog or digital live-video segments. Data is the raw material of a system supplied by data producers and is used by information consumers to create information.

[Category=Data Warehousing ]

Source: Sun.com, 20 July 2010 09:10:09, http://www.sun.com/third-party/dw/brochures/67198.Acrobat.pdf

[Category=Data Management ]

Source: DataMentors, 16 August 2010 08:27:45, http://www.datamentors.com/News-and-Resources/Glossary.html

Data - A set of collected facts. There are two basic kinds of numerical data: measured or variable data, such as 16 ounces,4 miles and 0.75 inches; and counted or attribute data, such as 162 defects.

[Category=Quality ]

Source: American Society for Quality, 17 September 2010 09:43:12, http://www.asq.org/glossary/

[Category=Data Warehousing ]

Source: Aexis Business Intelligence, 14 November 2010 10:07:01, http://www.aexis.eu/DataWarehouse-Glossary/

Data - Data are factual information used as a basis for reasoning, discussion, or calculation; often this term refers to quantitative information. It is plural in form. The singular is "datum."

[Category=Data Quality ]

Source: iSixSigma, 14 January 2011 09:16:46, https:web.archive.org/web/20111109014246/http:www.isixsigma.com/index.php?option=com_glossary

Data - A re-interpretable representation of information in a formalised manner suitable for communication, interpretation or processing.

[Category=Data Quality ]

Source: DAMA UK, 15 July 2011 08:57:43, http://www.damauk.org/glossary.php

Data - The plural of datum, data refers to the qualitative or quantitative attributes of variables that can be used for reasoning, discussion or calculation. A single datum has no meaning but data (multiple datum) can be interpreted to provide information, and information can be abstracted to derive knowledge.

[Category=Direct Marketing ]

Source: Digital Formatting Services, 23 December 2011 09:09:51, http://www.digitalformattingservices.com/vdp_glossary.htm

data - [Category=Data Management ] Any collection of related facts arranged in a particular format; often, the basic elements of information that are produced, stored, or processed by a computer.

[Category=Geospatial ]

Source: esri, 15 March 2012 08:58:20, http://support.esri.com/en/knowledgebase/GISDictionary/term/abbreviation

Data - Factual information, especially information organized for analysis or used to reason or make decisions.

[Category=Business Intelligence ]

Source: University of Toronto Business Intelligence, 24 October 2012 09:34:02, http://www.utbi.utoronto.ca/gethelp/glossary.htm

data - Data subject to data management planning requirements may be defined differently by different funders, programs, or research communities. In the absence of specific guidance, consider the Office of Management and Budget's defintion of data: "the recorded factual material commonly accepted in the scientific community as necessary to validate research findings" (OMB Circular A-110). In developing a data management plan, researchers should consider which data would be required to verify their results and which data would have the highest potential and value for reuse by others.

[Category=Data Management ]

Source: Cornell University, 01 July 2013 08:39:52, https://confluence.cornell.edu/display/rdmsgweb/glossary

data -

1) In computing, data is information that has been translated into a form that is more convenient to move or process. Relative to today's computers and transmission media, data is information converted into binary digital form.

2) In computer component interconnection and network communication, data is often distinguished from "control information," "control bits," and similar terms to identify the main content of a transmission unit.

3) In telecommunications, data sometimes means digital-encoded information to distinguish it from analog-encoded information such as conventional telephone voice calls. In general, "analog" or voice transmission requires a dedicated continual connection for the duration of a related series of transmissions. Data transmission can often be sent with intermittent connections in packets that arrive in piecemeal fashion.

4) Generally and in science, data is a gathered body of facts.

Some authorities and publishers, cognizant of the word's Latin origin and as the plural form of "datum," use plural verb forms with "data". Others take the view that since "datum" is rarely used, it is more natural to treat "data" as a singular form.

Related glossary terms: data governance (DG), data stewardship, data curation, chief data officer (CDO)

[Category=Data Management ]

Source: WhatIs.com, 17 July 2013 09:16:37, http://whatis.techtarget.com/glossary/Data-and-Data-Management

data

A quantitative or qualitative value. Common types of data include sales figures, marketing research results, readings from monitoring equipment, user actions on a website, market growth projections, demographic information, and customer lists.

[Category=Big Data ]

Source: DataInformed, 19 October 2013 10:07:10 http://data-informed.com/glossary-of-big-data-terms/

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