This document introduces the concept of databases, distinguishing between data and information, and explaining various types of data including numeric, alphabetic, alphanumeric, image, audio, and video data. It emphasizes that data is raw and unprocessed, while information is the meaningful output derived from processing data. Additionally, it discusses metadata, which describes the properties and characteristics of data.
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DATABASE Lesson 1
This document introduces the concept of databases, distinguishing between data and information, and explaining various types of data including numeric, alphabetic, alphanumeric, image, audio, and video data. It emphasizes that data is raw and unprocessed, while information is the meaningful output derived from processing data. Additionally, it discusses metadata, which describes the properties and characteristics of data.
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Lesson 1
INTRODUCTION TO DATABASES
Source: A Fundamental Study of Database
Management Systems (3rd Edition) Learning Objectives Express the dissimilarity between data and information. Discuss what a database is, including common database terminologies. Describe the first computer-based method in handling files- File Processing System and its disadvantage DATA A collection of raw facts and figures is called data. The word raw means that the facts have not yet been processed to get their exact meaning. Data is collected from different sources. It is collected for different purposes. Data may consist of numbers, characters, symbols or pictures, etc. Examples of Data
When students get admission in
colleges or universities, they have to fill out an online pre-registration Registration of National Health Declaration Form form for admission. The raw facts are Identification Card student’s name, course, nationality, address etc. 3 Types of Data NUMERIC DATA
ALPHABETIC DATA
ALPHANUMERIC DATA
IMAGE DATA
AUDIO DATA
VIDEO DATA NUMERIC DATA
Data that is in the form of numbers, and not in
any language or descriptive form. Often referred to as quantitative data, numerical data is collected in number form and stands different from any form of number data types due to its ability to be statistically and arithmetically calculated. ALPHABETIC DATA
It consists of capital letters from A to Z, small letters from a
to z and blank space. Alphabetic data is also called non numeric data. ALPHANUMERIC DATA
Alphanumeric is a description of data that is
both letters and numbers. For example, "1a2b3c" is a short string of alphanumeric characters. IMAGE DATA
A photographic or trace objects that
represent the underlying pixel data of an area of an image element, which is created, collected and stored using image constructor devices. IMAGE FILE FORMATS AUDIO DATA
Any digital information with speech or
music stored on and played through a computer. INFORMATION The processed data is called information. Information is an organized and processed form of data. It is more meaningful than data and is used for making decisions. Data is used as input for the processing and information is the output of this processing. Examples of Information
In colleges and universities, the
raw facts about students are stored in a database system. If we want to find out the list of all HRDM students, we will process this data through the institution’s portal. Examples of Information The data stored in the census is used to generate different types of information. For example, the government can use it to find the country's total number of graduates or literacy rate. This information can be obtained by processing stored data. Government can use this information to take important decisions to improve the literacy rate. Data vs Information Data vs Information DATA INFORMATION Consist of unprocessed data The processed form of data
Data is used as input in the computer The output of computer
Not meaningful Meaningful
The asset of organizations and is not Normally available to people
available to people for sale Data vs Information DATA INFORMATION Normally huge in volume Short in volume
An independent entity Depends on data
Not used in decision-making Important for decision-making
METADATA METADATA Metadata can be defined as data about data. It is used to describe the properties and characteristics of some other data. Metadata describes the size, format and other characteristics of data. Image Metadata
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