But, she added, "Cobol, I felt, was very important because of its ability to describe data."

Different world pictures that describe particular data equally well all have equal claims to be valid.

In computing, a data descriptor is a structure containing information that describes data.

Cluster data describes data where many observations per unit are observed.

The former is called metadata-data that describes data.

Gartner, and now much of the industry, continue to use this "3Vs" model for describing big data.

It contextualizes its subject by describing background, historical details and statistical data.

In statistics, aggregate data describes data combined from several measurements.

XML has been used to describe structured data and to serialize objects.

Descriptive research, also known as statistical research, describes data and characteristics about the population or phenomenon being studied.