Data and Information
How
are data and information related?
p. 516 Fig. 10-1
Next
processing
data
stored on disk
Step 1. The member data, including a photograph, is entered and stored on the hard disk.
Step 2. The computer extracts the member data from disk.
Step 3. The receipt is created and printed.
ØData is raw facts
ØInformation is data that is organized
and meaningful
and meaningful
receipt
ØComputers process
data into information
data into information