Thursday, 23 January 2014

3.1.1 Data And Information

What is the difference between Data and information?


Data:
Data is facts or statistics out of a context. so data is meaningless if it is on its own.
E.g. characters, numbers, images and symbols . they are all some sorts of data. 
Data are the facts of the World raw information. Data is normally stored in a database or a file. 

Information

When data is processed, organized or presented in a given context to make it useful, it is called Information.







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