What is data?

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The term data comes from the word , which means a . The data is a about people, places or some objects.
E.g.: Let 'Name', 'Age', 'Class', 'Marks' and 'Subject' be some defined variables. Now, let us assign a value to each of these variables.
Name = Rajesh
Age = 16
Class = XI
Mark = 65
Subject = Computer Science
In the above example, the values assigned to the five different variables are called .