Computer Fundamentals

and Information
Processing
Daniel Robb
Abida Barnaby
Ms.Bailey
10General 
 Data and Information
What is Data?
data is information that has been translated into a
form that is efficient for movement or processing.

What is information?
Information is data that has been processed in such a way
 as to be meaningful to the person who receives it.
it is any thing that is communicated.

Difference between data and information

Data is an individual unit that contains raw materials
 which do not carry any specific meaning while Information
 is a group of data that collectively carries a logical meaning.
 Types of sources
primary. Teritiary
Audio/Video Secondary
Television .
recordings Bibliographies
Documentaries
A primary source is a piece of Secondary sources A tertiary source presents
evidence created during the are works that are written summaries or condensed
time you are studying. after the original event or versions of materials
experience
 Types of documents

Turn around Machine readable

forms forms
A turnaround document is a Machine–readable forms
computer-generated form that is Human readable 
are designed with
sent to a third party, who is forms automated input in mind
supposed to fill in the document  information that can be
and return it to the issuer recognized and
interpreted without the
use of technology.
 Types of documents explained
Machine readable Human readable Turn around
forms forms form
human-readable format is any
the program should be able to a document that has been output
encoding of data or
easily distinguish between the from a computer, some extra
information that can be
data to be captured and the information potentially added to it,
naturally read by humans,
non–recognizable form and then returned to become an
resulting in human-readable
elements, such as field borders, input document. For example, meter
data. It is often encoded as
text marking, backgrounds, or cards are produced for collecting
ASCII or Unicode text, rather
explanatory text. readings from gas meters,
than as binary data.
photocopiers, water meters etc.
 Distinguish hard copy and
soft copy
A hard copy stores data and information in the form of physical files- it may be
images, texts, photographs, and more.

A soft copy has data and information in the form of virtual files saved on a
computer or a drive.
 •  criteria used to evaluate information retrieved from online
sources
authenticity
The user or computer has to
prove its identity to the server
or client usually authentication
by a sever entails the use of a
user name or password.
bias
• Look for links to sections such as "About,"
"Mission Statement," "Purpose," etc.
• What is the purpose of the page? Is the
information meant to entertain? Sell a product or
service? Inform the public?
• If there are advertisements, are they clearly
distinguished from the content?
relevance
Providing technical support
for customers and business
operations. solving complex
business concerns with
advances hardware and up to
date.
currency
Look for a date, either when the content
was created or when it was last updated. If
there is no date, examine the publication
dates of any sources cited to get a rough
idea of how current the information is.I