A beginner-friendly breakdown of what data really is, where it comes from, and why it matters more than you think.
You woke up this morning and checked your phone.
You scrolled through Instagram. Opened WhatsApp. Maybe checked the weather. Ordered breakfast on Swiggy.
By the time you finished your morning tea, you had already generated hundreds of data points — and that was before 9 AM.
We live in a world that runs on data. But most people, including a lot of CS students, have never stopped to ask: what actually is data?
