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   Martin Rundkvist (mrundkvist@archaeo.social)'s status on Tuesday, 03-Dec-2024 19:26:57 JST Martin Rundkvist

   Datum is Latin for "given". In Medieval letters you wrote "Datum/Given in Paris 1st Sunday after Ascension" before affixing your wax seal. This led to the English words date and dating.

   The plural of datum is data. Givens, given facts. This is why the French word for database is base des données. A base of givens.

   #language #database

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     SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Tuesday, 03-Dec-2024 19:26:56 JST SuperDicq

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     @mrundkvist@archaeo.social In Dutch we still use "datum" in every day conversation.

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     SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Tuesday, 03-Dec-2024 20:09:33 JST SuperDicq

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     @mrundkvist@archaeo.social That's my birthday

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     Martin Rundkvist (mrundkvist@archaeo.social)'s status on Tuesday, 03-Dec-2024 20:09:35 JST Martin Rundkvist

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     • SuperDicq

     @SuperDicq In Swedish too, but it only refers to 1 January etc.