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t | data |

As a letter t

is the twentieth letter of the.

As a symbol t

is symbol for tesla, the si unit of magnetic flux density.

As a noun data is

(time) date.

t

Translingual

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Letter

  • The twentieth letter of the .

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * (tau) * (te) * Turned:

    Symbol

    (Voiceless alveolar plosive) (head)
  • voiceless alveolar plosive.
  • time
  • tonne

    • Usage notes

    * As a symbol meaning "time", t is italicised in print; for example, "the position at time t'' is ''x ".

    Noun

    (head)
  • (LISP) The atom representing true, as opposed to nil.

    • See also

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    data

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (electronics)

    Noun

    (wikipedia data) (-) or plural noun
  • English plurals: Pieces of information.
  • (uncountable, collectively) Information, especially in a scientific or computational context.
  • *
    • With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get
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  • (computing) A representation of facts or ideas in a formalized manner capable of being communicated or manipulated by some process.

    • Usage notes

    * This word is more often used as an uncountable noun with a singular verb than as a plural noun with singular datum. * The definition of data'' in the computing context is from an international standard vocabulary] and is meant to distinguish ''data'' from ''information . However, this distinction is largely ignored by the computing profession.[http://eprints.utas.edu.au/1957/1/Cm1My.pdf

    Derived terms

    * big data * databank * database * datasheet * data acquisition * data analysis * data domain * data element * data entry * data farming * data hiding * data integrity * data maintenance * data management * data mining * data modeling * data path, datapath * data processing * data recovery * data set * data sink * data source * data warehouse * metadata * primary data * raw data

    References

    * (The American Heritage Dictionary's usage note on 'data') * Calpundit: YOU SAY DAY-TA, I SAY DAA-TA * John Quiggin: Data is not the plural of datum * johnaugust.com: ‘Data’ is singular

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