dataitems

noun
UK /ˈdeɪtə ˈaɪtəmz/
US /ˈdeɪtə ˈaɪtəmz/

Data items are small pieces of information that a computer keeps and uses.

The app stores each name and age as separate data items.

SYNONYMS

data pointsentriesrecordsfactsdetails

RELATED WORDS

databasedatasetinformationfieldsrecords

OTHER MEANINGS

2. Individual units of information processed by a computer program.

The program reads the data items one by one and adds them up.

3. Separate values stored in a table or spreadsheet.

Each row in the spreadsheet contains several data items.

4. Basic elements that make up a larger collection of data.

Researchers cleaned the data items before analyzing the whole dataset.