Chapter 2: Data, Information and knowledge

1.) What is the difference between data and information?

- Data is the definition of an object, event, activity through observation, experiment or exploration (and record it as text, image and symbol)

- Information is the result of data processing for the sake of beneficial usage.

2.) What is knowledge?

- Is the compound of data and information which is being processed for the use of solving certain problems.

3.) The nature of good data

- Accurate, Complete, Modern and Consistent.

4.) Efficient data storing

- Reducing paperwork, Backing up data (fast and convenient)

5.) What if we mix up data and information?

-There will be many problems. Firstly data must be a fact while information is not. Mixing them up will cause a lot of data to be unusable.

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6.) The permission to access database

- In an organization there will be many people of many privilege. That organization should only permit a small group of people to gain the access to database. Or else some data could be lost or exposed.

7.) The field

- a group of data that can be either integers, decimal numbers, texts, date/time or files.

8.) The record

- a group of fields that are connected.

9.) The table

- a group of record that are alike.

10.) The database

- is where many tables are collected. Those tables could have a relationship with others, not or both.

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