data

Information such as facts, numbers, measurements, or pictures that can be collected and studied.

• We need more data.
• The researchers collected data from fifty schools.
• These data suggest that the treatment works.

How to use it: data on/about something (The report contains data on housing costs.)

Similar words: information, facts

Common phrases: collect data, analyze data, survey data, data on something

Information stored, used, or sent by a computer or another electronic device.

• The app stores your data.
• We transferred the data to a new computer.
• Have you backed up your data?

Similar words: digital information

Common phrases: store data, transfer data, mobile data, data storage