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data usage

Data usage is the amount of data that a device or account sends and receives over a mobile network.

In plain English

It measures how much information moves between a device or account and the mobile network. Both outgoing and incoming transfers are included. The result is the total amount of that network data activity.

In context

Here, "data usage" labels the amount of data the account has sent and received over the mobile network.

Situation
Reading telecom bills, usage, overage, credits, contract period, and payment status
What it communicates
labels the amount of data activity recorded on the account.

Meaning limits

By itself, the term does not say how that amount is measured or presented.

Examples

“Uploading holiday videos and receiving map updates over the mobile network drove her data usage up in a single afternoon.”

Core meaning

“After a week away from Wi‑Fi, the account's data usage was far higher than usual.”

In context