[brudgers]

In ye olden days, the computer science term for data was often "table." [1]

The problem with "data" is it is the wrong abstraction layer for thinking about computation because structure is what separates data from random values -- there ain't no such thing as random data. If it's random it's not data. If it's data it's not random.

[1] I learned this reading Micheal Jackson...no not that one.

[drcongo]

The beer hunter? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Jackson_%28writer%29

[brudgers]

“No not that one”

[taeric]

Or code, if you were a lisper. :D

Data is a rather generic term that fits just fine in many contexts taking on different ideas.