Data Vs Information

•         meaningless data becomes information when it is processed and presented to the decision maker in a meaningful way.

•         Only when the the input (data) is accurate,timely, and reliable will the output (information be useful) and reliable

•         Garbage-In-Garbage-Out

 

Data: (ISO) A representation of facts, concepts or instructions in a formalised manner suitable for communication, interpretation or processing by human beings or by automatic means.Letters, numbers, colours, symbols, shapes, temperatures, sound or other facts and figures are data suitable for processing.

 

Information: (ISO) The meaning that is applied to data by means of the conversions applied to that data. I.E. processed data.

 

ISO – International Standard organisation 

 

Information processing

The acquisition, recording, organization, retrieval, display, and dissemination of information is called the Information Processing.