Unit 5 Learning Outcome 5: Explain the concept of databases, data and information

Database, Data and Information

1.Database- Collection of information organized to provide efficient retrieval. The collected information could be in any number of formats (electronic, printed, graphic, audio, statistical, combinations). There are physical and electronic databases.

2.Data- Set of values of qualitative or quantitative variables.Data can exist in a variety of forms as numbers or text on pieces of paper, as bits and bytes stored in electronic memory, or as facts stored in a person's mind. Strictly speaking, data is the plural of datum, a single piece of information.

3.Information- Data that has been processed in such a way as to be meaningful to the person who receives it.