"raw data" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: Coined in the 1910s, from raw (“unprocessed”) + data. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|raw|data|t1=unprocessed}} raw (“unprocessed”) + data Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} raw data (uncountable)
  1. (data management, statistics) Data that have not been analyzed or processed. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Data management, Statistics Translations (data that have not been analyzed): rådata (Danish), raakadata (Finnish), Rohdaten [neuter, plural] (German), ローデータ (rō dēta) (Japanese), 로 데이터 (ro deiteo) (Korean), rådata [masculine, neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), rådata [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), surowe dane [neuter, plural] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-raw_data-en-noun-tv~Hgp1s Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: mathematics, sciences, statistics

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