what is data?

 Q. What is data?

 Ans. Recording of any meaningful thing in an understandable form is called data. 

 Or

 The facts related to people, places, things and events are called data.

or the things processed in a meaningful way  that are know as data.

 Example:

 Student, Army, Sitamarhi, College, Furniture, Electricals, date of birth, Anniversary etc. Or Data refers to the symbols that represent people, events, things, and ideas. Data can be a name, a number, the colors in a photograph, or the notes in a musical composition.