Data and Information


Data

☞ It refers to a collection of raw facts or figures, numbers and quantities.

☞ It also represents a single alphabet, a digit or some special characters like @, *, !, etc.

Example : 20,10F, class, students

Information

☞ When stored data is processed, it is tranformed into information.

☞ Thus, Information is a processed data.

Example : Class 10F has 20 students.


DATA + PROCESSING = INFORMATION