as in information
a collection of factual knowledge about something
we are putting together all the data we have obtained on the local housing market
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Recent Examples of data
Amazon competes with Microsoft to rent out GPUs from its cloud data centers.
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Ari Levy,jordan Novet, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2025
In other words, does the local small business have to die so the data center can live?
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2025
There are strict rules on how your data is handled — see the website for full details.
—Julia Buckley, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2025
For instance, a data breach in November 2024 compromised 116,000 records from global EV charging networks.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2025
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Ari Levy,jordan Novet, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2025
In other words, does the local small business have to die so the data center can live?
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2025
There are strict rules on how your data is handled — see the website for full details.
—Julia Buckley, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2025
For instance, a data breach in November 2024 compromised 116,000 records from global EV charging networks.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2025
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“Data.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/data. Accessed 12 Oct. 2025.
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