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"Data" refers to a set of information organized in a way that facilitates communication of the information to a receiver. The receiver may be a person or animal or an electronic component, circuit, assembly, or the like. Data can be represented as signal or values represented in any numbering and/or alphabet system. Data can be stored in one representation in an analog or digital format and conveyed to a receiver in another format suitable for the receiver to interpret and understand the data. Data can be organized in a structured or unstructured format. "Structured data" refers to data within a data structure that is organized according to a predefined format, protocol, or configuration such that the structure may be used to facilitate working with the data. Examples of structured data include, but are not limited to, files, databases, database records, database tables, database schemas, serialized objects, directories, and the like. "Unstructured data" refers to data stored without a particular organization, predefined format, protocol, or configuration. Examples of unstructured data include, but are not limited to, content of a text message, content of an email message, text content of a file, content of a document, and the like. Often data will be used in connection with one or more adjectives that identify a type or purpose for the data, examples include "user data", "input data", "output data", "sensor data", "patient data", "system data", and the like. "Sensor data" refers to any data or information registered by one or more sensors. Examples of sensor data include an amount of current passing through the sensor, an amount of voltage across the sensor, an amount of electrical resistance through the sensor, an amount of strain experienced by the sensor, an acceleration vector, a deceleration vector, an orientation, an orientation angle, a direction, and the like.

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