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'''Data''' in everyday language is a [[synonym]] for [[information]] [http://www.dict.org/bin/Dict?Form=Dict1&Query=data&Strategy=*&Database=*]. In the exact sciences there is a clear distinction between data and information, where data is a [[measurement]] that can be disorganized and when the data becomes organized it becomes information. Data may relate to reality, or to fiction as in a fictional [[movie]]. Data about reality consists of [[proposition]]s. A large class of practically important propositions are [[measurement]]s or [[observation]]s of a [[variable]].
'''Data''' in everyday language is a [[synonym]] for [[information]] [http://www.dict.org/bin/Dict?Form=Dict1&Query=data&Strategy=*&Database=*]. In the exact sciences there is a clear distinction between data and information, where data is a [[measurement]] that can be disorganized and when the data becomes organized it becomes information. Data may relate to reality, or to fiction as in a fictional [[movie]]. Data about reality consists of [[proposition]]s. A large class of practically important propositions are [[measurement]]s or [[observation]]s of a [[variable]].
Such propositions may comprise [[number]]s, [[word]]s or [[image]]s.
Such propositions may comprise [[number]]s, [[word]]s or [[image]]s.
