data
noun
general, information technology, knowledge management
A fact or facts; or a figure or figures; especially, a fact or facts organized for analysis or used as the basis for a decision. (Contrast with the definition of Information.)
Additional Information:
Originally, data was used solely as the plural of datum, but it has increasingly come to be used as a singular, in such constructs as the data is, this data, much data, two items of data.)