Podatke

Podatak is a unit of information, a single fact, measurement, or data item. In Croatian, Bosnian, Serbian and related languages, the form podatke is used to refer to data in plural or as an inflected form of podatak. In English, podatke is typically translated as “data” or “facts.” The term is widely used across science, administration, and technology to denote pieces of information that can be collected, stored, and analyzed.

In computing and data management, podatke can be numbers, text, dates, measurements, or other representations of information. They are organized into datasets or databases, where they can be queried, processed, and transformed into insights. Data quality, structure, and metadata influence how podatke are interpreted and reused.

In research and statistics, podatke serve as the raw material for analysis. Through cleaning, transformation, and aggregation, raw podatke yield meaningful results and support decision making. The distinction between podatke and information reflects that data are often raw and unprocessed until they are analyzed.

Language and law: In privacy contexts, personal data are referred to as osobni podaci in Croatian, Bosnian, Serbian, and related variants of the language.

Related terms include podatak, podaci, podatci, dataset, and metadata.