[Year 12 IPM] Data vs Information

[Paul Drew]

Data is raw facts about something and contains no meaning.
By giving meaning to the data it becomes information.

Eg.	200400	is data
	20/04/00	is information

Meaning can be added in a number of ways - by formatting the data,
manipulating the data or adding more data to the original data.

Regards
 
Paul Drew
I.T. Co-ordinator
Ashwood Secondary College
Phone: (03) 9807-1333  Fax: (03) 9888-1441
-----Original Message-----
From: ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au] On
Behalf Of murch at tpg.com.au
Sent: Tuesday, 23 August 2005 10:20 PM
To: Year 12 Information Technology Processing and Management
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Subject: [Year 12 IPM] Data vs Information

Is someone able to give me a succint definition of each and hence the
distinct difference between the two.  
This is a source of strong debate in another study method.  Email me direct
if you do not want to clutter up 
the list.  Thanks in advance
Anne Mirtschin
Hawkesdale p12 College
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