A datum is a numerical representation of a measurement, signal approximation, statistic, result of a calculation or computation, or assigned value, typically intended to represent a quantity or quality in the real world or some artificial world.
See the Merriam-Webster definition of "data".
See the Wikipedia article on "Data".
Singular of data.
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