Data Basics

Data:

       Data is a collection of facts, figures, and statistics related to an object. An object can be a person, event, or anything about which data is gathered. Data can be processed to create useful information.

       Data is a valuable asset for an organization. Data Can be used by the managers to perform effective and successful operations of management. It provide a view of past activities related to the rise and fall of organization. It also enable the user to make better decisions for future. Data is very useful for generating reports, graphs and statistics etc.

Information:

 The processed data called information. Information is meaningful, useful and organized. It is used for making decisions. Data is used as input for processing and information is the output of this processing.

Data Types:

            Data has three kinds.

1.       Alphabetic Data

2.       Numeric Data.

3.       Alphanumeric Data