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by nwatson 857 days ago
Data is a mass/uncountable noun now (like meat) rather than a countable noun (like coin/coins). Turning it countable involves a helper noun like data point / data points.

"Datum?" Almost nobody uses that in the vernacular.

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I have seen it used in more than one software project and I know IT/Software people (including myself) who use it.