What is Information?

 What is Information?

To organize the data in meaningful form upon which people can take a necessary decision is called Information e.g.  2,1,5,4 when sorted it become 1,2,4,5 which is information. Information is the meaningful, processed data, which is relevant and accurate and thereby can be used in decision-making. Examples are vouchers, bills, fee registration cards, or library cards.

Difference between Data and Information

Data	Information
Data is a set of raw facts.	Information is processed from the Data.
Data is used as input in the computer.	Information is the output of the computer.
Data is not meaningful.	Information is meaningful.
Data is an asset of an organization and is not available to people for sale.	Information is normally available for sale.
Data is not used in decision making	Information is very important for decision-making
Data is used rarely	Information is used frequently.