For example, my phone company provides me a total 2gb of data within my plan for a total month.

The word data gets confusing for this varied use.

  • FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world
    3·
    11 hours ago

    In general - an entry of information.

    E.g from surveys and studies you get
    • Numerical data/quantitative data, which counts or measures things and then makes graphs and charts.
    • Qualitative data - opinions and testimonies regarding products, which can be used e.g in a board meeting, to understand how a consumer interacts with a product and needs. It can also be used just on promotional material, e.g when a book has a Stephen King quote saying “yeah it’s pretty good or whatever”

    But your type, “mobile (phone) data” is computational data. Accessing the internet through WiFi requires computation, aka work done by computers.

    The 2GB of data is a limit of how much remote WiFi you can receive on the device without incurring additional charges.