- published: 15 May 2015
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Data ( /ˈdeɪtə/ DAY-tə, /ˈdætə/ DA-tə, or /ˈdɑːtə/ DAH-tə) are values of qualitative or quantitative variables, belonging to a set of items. Data in computing (or data processing) are often represented by a combination of items organized in rows and multiple variables organized in columns. Data are typically the results of measurements and can be visualised using graphs or images. Data as an abstract concept can be viewed as the lowest level of abstraction from which information and then knowledge are derived. Raw data, i.e., unprocessed data, refers to a collection of numbers, characters and is a relative term; data processing commonly occurs by stages, and the "processed data" from one stage may be considered the "raw data" of the next. Field data refers to raw data collected in an uncontrolled in situ environment. Experimental data refers to data generated within the context of a scientific investigation by observation and recording.
The word data is the plural of datum, neuter past participle of the Latin dare, "to give", hence "something given". In discussions of problems in geometry, mathematics, engineering, and so on, the terms givens and data are used interchangeably. Such usage is the origin of data as a concept in computer science or data processing: data are numbers, words, images, etc., accepted as they stand.
this discussion is getting us nowherei almost forgot what
i came to say
could i be here tomorrow? will you be there today?
waiting and waiting what can we do? what do you believe
when time takes you?
almost forgot
time takes time takes you
have forgotten
take time time takes you
indecision breaks us or shall we stay frozen?
time is a host that guides us, or are we the prey to it?
another breathe, another minute has passed us by so
gently
i can't take back, can't take back, all those regrets
that live in me...
almost forgot
time takes time takes you
have forgotten
take time time takes you