# data (information)

a set of pieces of information

- Computed level: L7 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: common  ·  Arena: EmergenceLexicon

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [information](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-information.knowledge), [piece](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-piece.portion), [sets](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-sets.grouped)

**Through:** the pieces of information are together in a set

**Novel properties:**
- collective meaning
- reusability
- abstraction

## Examples
- The Hubble Space Telescope transmitted error-corrected data streams despite cosmic radiation flipping bits in its memory. *(computing)*
- The 2020 U.S. Census collected demographic data from 331 million people across 50 states. *(institutions)*
- LIGO recorded gravitational wave data from the collision of two black holes 1.3 billion light-years away. *(physics)*

## Used by
- [database](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-database.information) (L9)
- [download](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-download.digital) (L10)
- [files](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-files.digital) (L10)
- [internet](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-internet.digital) (L10)
- [phone](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-phone.electrical) (L9)
- [software](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-software.digital) (L17)
- [statistics](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-statistics.data) (L8)
- [video](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-video.digital) (L10)

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*Canonical: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-data.information*  
*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-data.information.json*  
*Every definition provably resolves to space, time, energy and pattern.*