Data on its own 130515 mean nothing - it's just a piece of data. You need to add format / structure and context to data for it to make sense. If we know what data means we have information.
Data on its own 130515 mean nothing - it's just a piece of data. You need to add format / structure and context to data for it to make sense. If we know what data means we have information.
Data on its own 130515 mean nothing - it's just a piece of data. You need to add format / structure and context to data for it to make sense. If we know what data means we have information.
On its own 130515 mean nothing its just a piece of
data. You need to add format/ structure and context to data for it to make sense. This gives data meaning. For example: 130515 = data 13/05/15 = data with format/ structure which now tells us this is a date. 13/05/15 = this is the data of it the ICT exam this year. If we know what data means we have information. Data + Meaning = Information A Field is information that has been collected Record- A series of fields collected together. Height- Real Age Alphanumeric Hair colour- Alphanumeric Eye colour Alphanumeric Gender- Boolean The information school stores about me kept in a record as part of a database.
Each piece of information they keep about me is stored
in a Two examples of fields used by school to store my information are and 1. A key field Is a piece in a database that is unique to a particular record. 2. A key field could be a student number. 3. It is needed so no student is the same and that is why they are all unique. 4. Flat files are files that only contain one table. Complete information about a product. 5. An advantage of is that it is organised. 6. It is limited on how many on how much simple storage you can have and they are unsuited to business because the flexibility of the application is limited. 7. It is a database where you store several tables with links between the tables. 8.