"plain old data" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} plain old data (uncountable)
  1. (programming) Data structures that are represented as passive collections of field values. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Programming Synonyms: data structures [passive], POD [initialism]

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