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Re:Show HN: Aldi's Price Map by nwatson on Thursday February 15, 2024 @07:52AM (#39382067)
Data is a mass/uncountable noun now (like meat) rather than a countable noun (like coin/coins). Turning it countable involves a helper noun like data point / data points.

"Datum?" Almost nobody uses that in the vernacular.

Re:Show HN: Aldi's Price Map by atoav on Thursday February 15, 2024 @04:44PM (#39389416)
I have seen it used in more than one software project and I know IT/Software people (including myself) who use it.