Sunday, September 28, 2008

Data Information Knowledge Intelligence

Hey,

We being engineers ( Computer or IT ) we have heard the terms data , information , knowledge , intelligence . What are they and how they differ .

During my MIS paper heard the terms again . That time remembered this .

Say taking a simple example

Suppose we have a Picture of a rose in BMP format .

Those being in raw bits stored on some disk is data.

Knowing you have the bits with you ,you know you have data with you .

Knowing those bits are a BMP file and what software to use to see it is information.

Seeing the picture and knowing is it beautiful is knowledge .

Giving a flower or atleast the picture when you Girl Friend is angry is intelligence ;)

Getting something is getting data . That’s the first step.

Knowing how to read the data means is information.

Understanding the information is knowledge .

Using knowledge to do something is intelligence .

Understanding the difference is common sense J

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