Data and Information...

What is Data?

Data can be defined as a representation of facts,
 concepts or instructions in a formalized manner, 
which should be suitable for communication,
 interpretation or processing by human or electronic machine.
Data is represented with the help 
of characters like alphabets
 (A-Z, a-z), digits (0-9) or special characters (+,-,/,*,<,>,=, etc.).


What is Information?
Information is organised or classified data so 
that it has some meaningful 
values to the receiver.
Information is the processed data on which 
decisions and actions are based.
For the decision to be meaningful, 
the processed data must qualify the following characteristics:

  • Timely - Information should be available when required.
  • Accuracy - Information should be accurate.
  • Completeness - Information should be complete.



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