Literary notes about Data (AI summary)
The term "data" takes on a diverse range of meanings in literature, functioning as both a repository of empirical evidence and a descriptor of digital information. In historical and sociological texts, for example, "data" refers to the specimens of historical records or social observations—such as the details of family evolution in early sociological studies [1] or the remnants of historical events affecting reigns [2]. At the same time, philosophers like Bertrand Russell and Immanuel Kant use "data" to denote raw sensory inputs that form the basis of knowledge [3, 4, 5]. In more contemporary writings, particularly those focused on technology and communication, "data" assumes a technical dimension: from the packets sent over digital networks [6, 7, 8] to the information used in automated systems [9, 10]. Thus, across literary genres, "data" spans a spectrum that ranges from the abstract elements of perception to the tangible bits of modern computing [11, 12].
- Early students of these data devised theories of stages in the evolution of the family.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. Burgess and Robert Ezra Park - It is fortunate for these remnants of historical data that they have only extended the duration of reigns, and not added more heads.
— from Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, v. 1 of 3 by James Tod - This is the sense in which we know sense-data.
— from The Problems of Philosophy by Bertrand Russell - On the other hand, the nihil privativum and ens imaginarium are empty data for conceptions.
— from The Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant - Thus we have to consider the relation of sense-data to physical objects.
— from The Problems of Philosophy by Bertrand Russell - Access to the French Minitel network is available via the Infonet international packet data network on a host-paid and chargeable account basis.
— from The Online World by Odd De Presno - It can be a system set up to transport data from one computer to another.
— from The Online World by Odd De Presno - The data to be sent is subdivided into individual packets of data, each having a unique identification and carrying its destination address.
— from The Online World by Odd De Presno - The user can access any of these data items by selecting from the returned menu.
— from The Online World by Odd De Presno - It calls online services, navigates, retrieves and sends data.
— from The Online World by Odd De Presno - We have seen that it is possible, without absurdity, to doubt whether there is a table at all, whereas it is not possible to doubt the sense-data.
— from The Problems of Philosophy by Bertrand Russell - Therefore all the data of the physical sciences are also psychological data.
— from The Analysis of Mind by Bertrand Russell
