What Is Data?

A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.

Data is a collection of facts which are collected as a result of observation, experiment or processes within a computer system. This may include:

• Numbers
• Words
• Images

Data is viewed as a lowest level of abstraction through which information and knowledge is derived.

Info the computer read's

It is Latin for “those that are given” (the singular form is “datum”). Data may therefore be thought of as the results of observation. 
EXAMPLE OF DATA
 Data are collected in many aspects of everyday life.

Its a  collection of figures and facts or its a row material that related to transaction and eventfor example data is very useful for organization to generate a report of their past activities