"These data show that the new policy is not working as intended."
2.NounA representation of information in a computer (as symbols, quantities, sound, images or videos) which is stored, processed or transmitted in the form of electrical signals, records on magnetic tape or punched cards, etc.
"Data can be sent through email."
3.NounMaterial recorded and known or assumed as facts and used as a basis for reasoning, discussion, or calculation, represented especially in the form of numbers, and is usually structured (such as statistics).
"This data shows that X is correlated with Y."
4.NounEllipsis of mobile data (“digital information transmitted using the cellular telephone network rather than Wi-Fi”).