What is Data & Information in Computers? Difference between Data and Information?

 

What is Data?
            Data is a collection of numbers, Characters , symbols, images which are input ,processed and stored by the computer. Giving Input to the Computer is known as Data.

What is Information?

          Computers accept  data, instructions and perform arithmetic and logical operations and produce information.

Data -->Processing-->Information

DIFFERENCE  BETWEEN DATA AND INFORMATION

        DATA

  • Stored facts
  • The data is independent of the information
      INFORMATION    

  • Processed facts
  • The information is dependent of the data             

       

              

        

          



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