AQA Information and Communication Technology/ICT1/10.1 Knowledge, Information and Data

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What is data, information and knowledge?[edit | edit source]

Data -Data are raw facts or figures, or a set of values, facts, figures, measurements, records of transactions

Information -Information is data, which has been processed or converted to give it meaning

Knowledge -Knowledge is a “set of rules or concepts” used to interpret/make use of information