What is missing from this sequence? Input>Processing>Ouput
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What is Data?
Raw facts and figures or a set of values. For example 2,4,3,5,6
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Name types of Data
still or moving images, sounds, bits and bytes
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What is encoding?
Used by computers to convert data into machine readable form
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How is encoding used?
One Way is to use ASCII to represent each character as a binary number
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What is coding?
Some data is coded on collection before being entered and this changes the original data into shortened version by assigning a code
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How is coding used?
Data is coded by keeping it short, which saves storage space, but it speeds up data entry. For example, Gender: M or F
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What is processing?
The work the computer does on the data to convert it into information. This might involve calculations, logical operations such as sorts and queries or changing the shape of a sound wave to make a sound lower or higher in pitch
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What is information?
Information is data that has been procesed into something meaningful
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Name four factors needed to consider when selecting information
Accuracy, Up to date, From a reliable source and Relevent
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What is Data?
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Raw facts and figures or a set of values. For example 2,4,3,5,6
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