Data And Information

Data And Information

Data representing quantities, characters, or symbols on which operations are performed by a computer. Data is not information. Data requires interpretation to become information. To translate data to information, there must be several known factors considered. The factors involved are determined by the creator of the data and the desired information.

In simple or according to me data is anything which we give computer in input.

Information is stimuli that have to mean in some context for its receiver. When information is entered into and stored in a computer, it is generally referred to as data. After processing (such as formatting and printing), output data can again be perceived as information .

Anything in computer output in any form (audio, video, text ) can be called as Information.