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AQA Information and Communication Technology/ICT1/10.1 Knowledge, Information and Data
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What is data, information and knowledge?
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