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| | Data - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article |
 | | In English, the word datum is still used in the general sense of "something given", and more specifically in cartography, geography, geology, and Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing to mean a reference point, reference line, or reference surface. |
 | | Data on their own may have no meaning, and only when contextualized (perhaps through interpretation by some kind of data processing system) may it take on meaning and become information (see DIKW). |
 | | Since knowledge is prerequisite to wisdom, we always want more data and information. |
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