Information, a fact, a figure, etc. used to make a decision or to come to a result: Data are known or assumed; such as, facts or figures from which a conclusion, or conclusions, can be determined.

Although rarely used properly, if at all, datum should be expressed in the singular sense, for example: "There is one datum on this page that is not correct."

Using the word "fact" instead of datum probably would make one's writing easier to understand and decrease anxiety about the proper use of datum.

Data, as the plural of datum, requires a plural verb in Latin and in English."

People often read; especially, in technical, scientific, and business writings; such usages as, "The data is inconclusive." It should be: "These or Those data are inconclusive."

One piece of material collected and recorded as significant evidence by an archaeologist (the plural is used as a singular): Archaeological data falls into four classes: artifacts, ecofacts, features, and structures.

In computer science is sometimes called the logical data-type, and is a primitive data-type having one of two values: "true" and "false".

An area of memory on an RFID (Radio-frequency identification) microchip that is assigned to a particular type of information: Data fields may be protected or they may be written over, so a data field might contain information about where an item should be sent.

The ability to prevent data stored in a specific area of memory of an RFID (Radio-frequency identification) microchip from being overwritten: Some companies use the data field protection device to store an Electronic Product Code, which doesn't change during the life of the product it's associated with.

The number of characters that can be moved from an RFID (Radio-Frequency Identification) tag to a reader within a given time: The measure of data transfer rate or the speed with which a computer device transmits information are also used to quantify how fast readers can read the information on the RFID tag.

Data transfer rate differs from the "read rate" which refers to how many tags can be read within a given period of time.

A method by which two or more autonomous computer systems exchange computer-readable transaction data.

It is possible even when the computers use different operating systems and it is the key factor in achieving automated medical records that can be shared electronically among providers.

1. Automatic data processing by electronic means without the use of tabulating cards or punched tapes.
2. The processing data by using equipment which is predominantly electronic in nature; such as, an electronic digital computer in recording, classifying, summarizing, and manipulating data.
3. The use of electronic memories to store, to up-date, and to read information automatically, and using that information in accounting, filing, etc.; including any computerized information system and the equipment used in that system.
4. Any data processing that is done primarily on electronic equipment.

It usually refers to data which is performed and processed on digital computers.

A place where automatically operated equipment is kept, including computers, designed to simplify the interpretation and use of data gathered by instrumentation installation or information-collection agencies.

A machine or its mechanism and attachments which are used primarily in or with an electronic data-processing system.

1. In computer science, a study or occupation that deals with a class of management problems that can be processed with computer programs.
2. The field of computer processing that deals with a class of management problems which can be utilized by a computer system.

1. A process consisting of electronic and other equipment that is used for high-speed data procedures.
2. A method used for data processing by means of machines using electronic circuitry at electronic speed, as opposed to electromechanical equipment.
3. Any machine or group of automatically intercommunicating machines that are capable of entering, receiving, sorting, classifying, computing and/or recording alphabetical or numerical accounting or statistical data without the use of tabulating cards.

1. A data-entry device consisting of stylus, writing surface, and circuitry that produces a pair of digital coordinate values corresponding continuously to the position of the stylus upon the surface.
2. A direct input device with a special pen or cross-hairs with which the user traces the image to be digitized.

The coordinates at selected points are automatically recorded.