Data, Information & Knowledge in short form

•   Data are raw facts and figures that on their own have no meaning, these can be any alphanumeric characters i.e. text, numbers, symbols

•  E.g.-(Yes, Yes, No, Yes, No, Yes, No, Yes),(42, 63, 96, 74, 56, 86),(111192, 111234)

• None of the above data sets have any meaning until they are given a CONTEXT and PROCESSED into a useable form

•       Information are data that has been processed within  a context to give it meaning OR data that has been processed into a form that gives it meaning.

•       The Characteristics of Valuable Information—

•       Accurate                                  Accessible

•       Complete                                Timely

•       Economical                             Verifiable

•       Relevant                                  Secure

•       Flexible                                    Simple

•       Reliable

•       Knowledge is the understanding of rules needed to interpret information, organized  information which has been intellectually processed by man or by a machine

•       “…the capability of understanding the relationship between pieces of information and what to actually do with the information”

•       REFERENCES;

•       http://www.systems-thinking.org/dikw/dikw.html

•       www.success.co.il/is/dik.html