Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
noun
A packet of data passed across a network.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, networking, physical-sciences, sciences
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verb
(rare)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: empty-gloss, no-gloss, rare
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History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *deh3-redup. Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *dédeh3ti Proto-Italic *didō Latin dō Latin datusnom. Latin datumbor. English data Proto-Indo-European *gerbh- Proto-Hellenic *grə́phō Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek γράμμα (grámma)lbor. English -gram English datagram From data + -gram.
Across languages
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
