For example, my phone company provides me a total 2gb of data within my plan for a total month.
The word data gets confusing for this varied use.
For example, my phone company provides me a total 2gb of data within my plan for a total month.
The word data gets confusing for this varied use.
Data is a combination of symbols (at least one).
The 2GB is the amount of symbols being transferred from (or to) your phone.
The GB version is more specific than the general term “data”. In this case, it specifically refers to 2 billion bytes (each byte being 8 bits, a “bit” being a 1 or a 0). But in the general sense, “data” can be a synonym for “information” which has many definitions, some of which are pure physics concepts.
I learned “information” to be “data” + “context”
Simplified: “3” is data “3 Upvotes” is Information