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n. - An item of factual information derived from measurement or research. A single piece of information, as a fact, statistic, or code.

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  • A single datum from the survey is enough to establish the necessity of implementing the program.
  • The “Greek” word data is the plural of the Latin word datum – a given….
  • Your name will be just a datum until that datum is lost, at which point you will be nothing.
  • In a pocket calculator, a datum is a number or pair of numbers.
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