A collection of pieces of information, organised and categorised for some purpose.
A collection of pieces of information, organised and categorised for some purpose. That purpose may be to simply keep a record of some variable such as rainfall or temperature. Data is a plural noun. The singular, datum, refers to a single value in a data set, or point on a graph.
That purpose may be to simply keep a record of some variable such as rainfall or temperature. Data is a plural noun. The singular, datum, refers to a single value in a data set, or point on a graph.