Bookend vs. Data — What's the Difference?

The bookend is an object tall, sturdy, and heavy enough, when placed at either end of a row of upright books, to support or buttress them. Heavy bookends—made of wood, bronze, marble, and even large geodes—have been used in libraries, stores and homes for centuries; the simple sheetmetal bookend (originally patented in 1877 by William Stebbins Barnard) uses the weight of the books standing on its foot to clamp the bookend's tall brace against the last book's back; in libraries, simple metal brackets are often used to support the end of a row of books.

Data are units of information, often numeric, that are collected through observation. In a more technical sense, data are a set of values of qualitative or quantitative variables about one or more persons or objects, while a datum (singular of data) is a single value of a single variable.Although the terms "data" and "information" are often used interchangeably, these terms have distinct meanings.

An often decorative prop placed at the end of a row of books to keep them upright.

Plural of datum

To place something or be positioned at the ends of (a place or linear space)

Information, especially in a scientific or computational context, or with the implication that it is organized.

To arrange or occur before and after (an event)

(collectively) Recorded observations that are usually presented in a structured format.

A heavy object or moveable support placed at one or both ends of a row of books for the purpose of keeping them upright.

(computing) A representation of facts or ideas in a formalized manner capable of being communicated or manipulated by some process.

(figurative) Something that comes before, after, or at both sides of something else.

Senseid|en|telephony}}(mobile telephony) {{ellipsis of mobile data: digital information transmitted using the cellular telephone network rather than Wi-Fi.

(transitive) To come before and after, or at both sides of.

See Datum.

A support placed at the end of a row of books to keep them upright (on a shelf or table).

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.

A support placed at the end of a row of books to keep them upright (on a shelf or table)

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.

A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn;