> I do not know what "everything non human, data or hardware in computing"
comprises. :-)
That is most probably because the quoted expression emanates from an overly
simplistic view.
Note that my view has already moved on from its original simplistic position,
thanks to your hints and references.
Addressing my botched attempt to exclude everything in computing except
program or language might take us quite far from the OP, I am afraid, and the
OP might thus rightfully complain about it.
--
Someone I know has recently taken to see the whole universe as data. They
seem to be unknowingly trying to create information theory again from
scratch, substituting 'data' for 'information'. Since they do not start from
the same definition of 'information', I guess they are doomed to do that
massive task all over again in spite of my warnings.
