A four-star general with over 30 years of military service makes $15,690.90 per month. That is an annual salary of $188,290.80.
Data is a plural of datum, which is originally a Latin noun meaning âsomething given.â Today, data is used in English both as a plural noun meaning âfacts or pieces of informationâ (These data are described more fully elsewhere) and as a singular mass noun meaning âinformationâ: Not much data is available on flood control in Brazil.
This definition is meant to be very broad. Data are personal data when someone is able to link the information to a person, even if the person holding the data cannot make this link. Some examples of personal data are: address, credit card number, bank statements, criminal record, etc.