CT1 assignment

Data - is organized information. It can be numbers, words, measurements, observations or even just descriptions of things.


 Information 

• a message received and understood
• knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction
• formal accusation of a crime
• data: a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn; "statistical data"
• (communication theory) a numerical measure of the uncertainty of an outcome; "the signal contained thousands of bits of information"

Information Processing

         - is the change (processing) of information in any manner detectable by an observer.

Information Processing Cycle

 Information processing cycle of computer can be well described by the following points:

1. Input-entering data into the computer.
2. Processing-performing operations on the data.
3. Output-presenting the results.
4. Storage-saving data, programs, or output for future use.