Isn’t this a distinction without a difference? When I open either I have on my screen an image which needs more (RAW) or less (JPG) additional processing. Let’s stop beating a dead horse!
R.G. wrote:
A raw file contains sensor data. A jpg file contains image data.
As you point out, they're both data but the jpg data is further along in the process of creating an image. More specifically, a jpg file contains pixel data whereas the data in a raw file has to be rendered in order to get pixel information out of it. Monitors and printers need pixel data in a recognised format such as jpg, tif etc.