Thread:User talk:PalkiaX50/Buffer/reply

"Data" in a computer context is not the same thing as "data" in some other contexts. Just as it's quite proper to say indexes when you're referring to data structures, you shouldn't refer to computer data as plural. After all, what is a computer datum? is it a bit? A byte? The contents of one field in one record of a database? Has anyone since the early days of computing even referred to a computer datum in English?