Data Definition–noun | 2. | (used with a plural verb ) individual facts, statistics, or items of information: These data represent the results of our analyses. Data are entered by terminal for immediate processing by the computer. | | 3. | (used with a singular verb) a body of facts; information: Additional data is available from the president of the firm. | |
From Dictionary Communications Definition–noun | 1. | the act or process of communicating; fact of being communicated. | | 2. | the imparting or interchange of thoughts, opinions, or information by speech, writing, or signs. | | 3. | something imparted, interchanged, or transmitted. | | 4. | a document or message imparting news, views, information, etc. | | 5. | passage, or an opportunity or means of passage, between places. | | 6. | communications, | a. | means of sending messages, orders, etc., including telephone, telegraph, radio, and television. | | b. | routes and transportation for moving troops and supplies from a base to an area of operations. | | | 7. | Biology. | a. | activity by one organism that changes or has the potential to change the behavior of other organisms. | | b. | transfer of information from one cell or molecule to another, as by chemical or electrical signals. | | |
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