Question

Differentiate between data and information in a tabular ​

Answer 1

 Difference Between Data and Information

Main difference:

The major difference between data and information is that data is raw material that is to be processed and information is the processed data.

Data VS Information

Data:

• Data is the raw material that is to be processed for information or for collection of details.
• It is unorganized data or facts that are to be processed.
• Data is plain fact and it has to be processed for further information. Data is alone enough to get details and find the meaning of something.
• Data is the computers language.
• Data is useless unless it is processed or has been made into something.
• Data has no meaning when it has not been interpreted.
• Data is an unclear definition of words jumbled up to form one meaning of something.
• Data comes in figures, dates and numbers and is not processed.

Information:

• Information is processed data.
• The data that can be made useful is known as information. Information is basically the data plus the meaning of what the data was collected for.
• Data does not depend upon information but information depends upon data.
• It cannot be generated without the help of data. Information is something that is being conveyed.
• Information is meaningful when data is gathered and meaning is generated. Information cannot be generated without the help of data.
• Information is the meaning that has been formed with the help of data and that meaning makes sense because of the data that has been collected against the word.
• Information is processed and comes in a meaningful form.

Differences:

The major differences between data and information are:

• Data is the input language for a computer and information is the output language for human
• Data is unprocessed facts or mere figures but information is processed data which has been made sense of
• Data does not depend on information but information depends on data and without it, information cannot be processed
• Data is not specific but information is specific enough to generate meaning
• Data is the raw material that is collected but information is a detailed meaning generated from the data