Question

Define and diferentiate between the terms information and data

Answer 1

DATA-DATA IS SOMETHING WHICH REPRESNTS SOME RAW FACTS.DATA ITSELF AND ALONE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO PROVIDE MEANINGFUL OR USEFUL OUTPUT AND CONCLUSION.BECAUSE DATA ITSELF WILL REMAIN INCOMPLETE UNTIL PROCESSED,

INFORMATION-INFORMATION IS SOMETHING WHICH IS PRODUCED AFTER PROCESSING DATA I.E RAW FACTS INTO MEANINGFUL OUTPUT OR CONCLUSION.INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE DEFINED AS SET OF PROCESSED DATA PROVIDING USEFUL OUTPUT.

DIFFERENCE

1)-DATA REPRESENTS RAW FACTS WHEREAS INFORMATION REPRESENTS A MEANINGFUL STATEMENT.

2)-DATA CONSISTS OF RAW FACTS WHEREAS INFORMATION CONSISTS OF MEANINGFUL DATA.

3)-DATA CAN BE ANY CHARACTER TEXT, WORDS, NUMBERS ETC. WHEREAS INFORMATION IS USUALLY FORMATTED IN A MANNER THAT ALLOWS IT TO BE UNDERSTOOD BY HUMAN.