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Dataandinformation 140422105754 Phpapp02

Data refers to raw facts and figures that have no inherent meaning, while information is data that has been processed and organized to be useful and meaningful. Data becomes information when it is interpreted and given context through processing like sorting, comparing, or manipulating. The key difference is that data is meaningless on its own while information provides insights and helps with decision making.

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Dataandinformation 140422105754 Phpapp02

Data refers to raw facts and figures that have no inherent meaning, while information is data that has been processed and organized to be useful and meaningful. Data becomes information when it is interpreted and given context through processing like sorting, comparing, or manipulating. The key difference is that data is meaningless on its own while information provides insights and helps with decision making.

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OBJECTIVES:

TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS DATA

TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS INFORMATION

TO DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN DATA AND


INFORMATION
DATA MEANS RAW FACTS AND FIGURES

INFORMATION IS THE RESULT OF PROCESSING


WHAT IS DATA?
 Facts, statistics used for reference or
analysis.
 Numbers, characters, symbols, images etc.,
which can be processed by a computer.
 Data must be interpreted, by a human or
machine, to derive meaning
 So data is meaningless
DATA EXAMPLES
Yes, Yes, No, Yes, No, Yes, No, Yes
42, 63, 96, 74, 56, 86
111192, 111234

None of the above data sets have any


meaning until they are given a CONTEXT
and PROCESSED into a useable form
DATA CAN TAKE MANY FORMS
ALPHANUMERIC DATA (COMBINATION OF
NUMBERS AND LETTERS)

TEXT DATA (SENTENCES & PARAGRAPHS USED IN


WRITTEN COMMUNICATION)

IMAGE DATA (GRAPHICS, SHAPES, FIGURES ETC)

AUDIO (HUMAN VOICE & OTHER SOUNDS)


WHAT IS INFORMATION?
Data that has been processed within a
context to give it meaning.

"Information is data that has been


processed”

"Information is interpreted data"

Information is meaningful
Data need to be turned into
meaningful information and
presented in its most useful format
 For example: What does the number
29061996 mean?
 Is it:
 A birthday? (29th June 1996)
 A bank account number?
 A club membership number?
 A telephone number?
 Without processing or more information this
data is meaningless.
EXAMPLE 1
EXAMPLE 2
 The colour red is data as it has no meaning.

 What information we attach to the red colour is


information
 For example:
 On a traffic light it means STOP.
 In a football match a red card means that the player has
been suspended.
 In certain places the red colour may mean a danger zone.
Process can be:
Manipulation of
data. E.g. arithmetic
operations,
Data is comparing, sorting, Information is
meaningless searching meaningful

INPUT DATA IS
OUTPUT
DATA PROCESSED
INFORMATION

DATA
INFORMATION
Is put in
Is produced
USING INPUT DEVICES
ON OUTPUT DEVICES
e.g. KEYBOARD
e.g. MONITOR
IN SIMPLE TERMS WE CAN SAY THAT:
DATA IS RAW FACTS AND FIGURES &
DATA IS MEANINGLESS

WHILE

INFORMATION IS DATA THAT HAS BEEN PROCESSED


INFORMATION IS MEANINGFUL
QUESTION 1
 In a factory, we use ______________________ as input
to produce _____________________ which is the
output.
Choose between data or information
 30,52,68,25,36,24 ________________.
 Stop signal from a traffic light________________.
 ☺♣♠•◘☻♥♦ ___________________.
 A yellow card in a football match_____________.
a) What is data? [2marks]

b) What is information? [2marks]

c) State two examples of data. [2marks]

d) State two examples of information. [2marks]

e) What is the data that has been organized or presented in a


meaningful fashion? [1 mark]

f) How does the computer convert data into information? [1 mark]

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