Data, Information & knowledge

what does putting data into a framework of structure provide?

Context

what are numbers, pictures or words without context known as?

Data

What is data

Data is a collection of facts, such as values or measurements.

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Database

What is a collenction of words numbers or pictures with meaning known as?

Information

What is Information?

Information is stimuli that has meaning in some context for its receiver.

What is Knowledge?

Knowing that about something and Knowing how about something

'The petrol gauge was showing almost empty. I decided to look out for the next petrol station'. What is the statement 'I decided to look out for the next petrol station' an example of?

Knowledge

What is the ability to understand information and to then form judgements, opinions, make predictions and decisions based on that understanding also known as?

Knowledge

what is a computer program that makes decisions beased on the large quantity of information it stored know as?

an exspert system