Often when I read something from a file or socket, prior to parsing, it's called data. Same goes for the information to be inserted into a template, or intermed

Often when I read something from a file or socket, prior to parsing, it's called data. Same goes for the information to be inserted into a template, or intermediate structures when transforming datasets or documents without knowing their type. Data is the variable name you use when you don't know, or can't specify, what you're dealing with.