n. [ acronym, from Digital AudioTape. ] digital audiotape, a digitally encoded tape recording of sound; -- in contrast to the usual analog audio tape. [ acronym ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. pl. [ L. pl. of datum. ] 1. See Datum. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. a collection of facts, observations, or other information related to a particular question or problem; as, the historical data show that the budget deficit is only a small factor in determining interest rates. The term in this sense is used especially in reference to experimental observations collected in the course of a controlled scientific investigation. [ PJC ]

3. (Computers) information, most commonly in the form of a series of binary digits, stored on a physical storage medium for manipulation by a computer program. It is contrasted with the program which is a series of instructions used by the central processing unit of a computer to manipulate the data. In some conputers data and execuatble programs are stored in separate locations. [ PJC ]

n. an organized body of related information. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. relying on observation or experiment.
Syn. -- experimental, observational. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. That may be dated; having a known or ascertainable date. “Datable almost to a year.” The Century.
Syn. -- dateable. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ LL., fr. L. datum given. ] (R. C. Ch.) Formerly, a part of the Roman chancery; now, a separate office from which are sent graces or favors, cognizable in foro externo, such as appointments to benefices. The name is derived from the word datum, given or dated (with the indications of the time and place of granting the gift or favor). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. datarius. See Dataria. ] 1. (R. C. Ch.) An officer in the pope's court, having charge of the Dataria. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The office or employment of a datary. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Dated; p. pr. & vb. n. Dating. ] [ Cf. F. dater. See 2d Date. ] 1. To note the time of writing or executing; to express in an instrument the time of its execution; as, to date a letter, a bond, a deed, or a charter. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To note or fix the time of, as of an event; to give the date of; as, to date the building of the pyramids. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ We may say dated at or from a place. [ 1913 Webster ]

The letter is dated at Philadephia. G. T. Curtis. [ 1913 Webster ]

You will be suprised, I don't question, to find among your correspondencies in foreign parts, a letter dated from Blois. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

In the countries of his jornal seems to have been written; parts of it are dated from them. M. Arnold. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To have beginning; to begin; to be dated or reckoned; -- with from. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Batavian republic dates from the successes of the French arms. E. Everett. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.[ F. datte, L. dactylus, fr. Gr. &unr_;, prob. not the same word as da`ktylos finger, but of Semitic origin. ] (Bot.) The fruit of the date palm; also, the date palm itself. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ This fruit is somewhat in the shape of an olive, containing a soft pulp, sweet, esculent, and wholesome, and inclosing a hard kernel. [ 1913 Webster ]

Date palm, or
Date tree (Bot.), the genus of palms which bear dates, of which common species is Phœnix dactylifera. See Illust. --
Date plum (Bot.), the fruit of several species of Diospyros, including the American and Japanese persimmons, and the European lotus (Diospyros Lotus). --
Date shell, or
Date fish (Zool.), a bivalve shell, or its inhabitant, of the genus Pholas, and allied genera. See Pholas. [ 1913 Webster ]