Data is nothing but a collection of facts and statistics that are meant to be used for reference or analysis.
Step-by-step explanation:
- Data is generally defined as a piece of information that must be directed to get translated into some other forms that can be processed effectively.
- These data are usually raw and hence they are unorganized and must be further processed to make them organized.
- Singular form of data is known as datum and these data can be stored in various formats such as audio,video,text,image etc.
- The data can be classified into various types such as Integer,Floating-point number or character etc
Thus they are highly necessary for the processing of various programs.