Data is a representation of facts such as numbers, words, images, or sounds that can be meaningless or qualitative and quantitative. Information is data that has been processed, organized, analyzed, summarized, and is meaningful and useful to someone, such as a date being converted to a birthday or initials providing a name. The document contrasts data and information, with information being derived from and giving meaning to data.

1. Data
Vs.
Information

2. What is Data ?
Data is a representation of a fact such as a number, a word, an image, a picture or a sound.

3. Data can be ……
04061996
ABIR

4. Data can be anything, which is …
• Meaningless
• Qualitative or Quantitative

5. What is Information ?
Information is data that is meaningful or useful to someone .

6. Information, if data is ……
• Meaningful
• Useful
• Processed
• Summarized
• Organized
• Analyzed

7. Information is created from Data.

8. Data Information
04061996 04-06-1996
Date of my birthday

9. Data Information
ABIR My name is “ABIR”

10. Data Information
This is my cat “BILLI”

12. Any Question ???