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| What is Information? |
| Although data & information are technically different, they are often used interchangeably. The reason is because whether a particular item or statistic is information; depend not only upon its content value but also upon the individual to whom it is given. Thus, a particular fact may be information to an individual process but the same may be data to another individual process. The example given below illustrates this. |
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| To an individual student taking up an examination the markets scored by him in individual papers from the "DATA" the average marks scored by him on whom his results depend forms the "information". However, for the teacher the average marks scored by each individual forms the "DATA" from which the class average is calculated which is the "information" generated. The examination neither marks nor enrolled in the class. This example also shows that information generated from on process can become the data or input for another process. |
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