Data & Information

Difference between Data and Information:

Difference	Data	Information
Definition (Oxford Dictionaries)	Facts and statistics collected together for reference or analysis	Facts provided or learned about something or someone Data as processed, stored, or transmitted by a computer
Refers to	Raw Data	Analyzed Data
Description	Qualitative Or Quantitative Variables that can be used to make ideas or conclusions	A group of data which carries news and meaning
In the form of	Numbers, letters, or a set of characters.	Ideas and inferences
Collected via	Measurements, experiments, etc.	Linking data and making inferences
Represented in	A structure, such as tabular data, data tree, a data graph, etc.	Language, ideas, and thoughts based on the data
Analysis	Not analyzed	Always analyzed
Meaning	Carries no specific meaning	Carries meaning that has been assigned by interpreting data
Interrelation	Information that is collected	Data that has been processed

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