LO3 Summary 0.0 / 5 ? ICTData and InformationGCSEAQA Created by: yasmine.critchleyCreated on: 22-11-19 14:26 What is data? Rare facts and figures that have not been proceesed 1 of 13 What is information? When data has been coded, structured and now has conxtext 2 of 13 Data Type: text (alphanumeric) Any character e.g. A6b< 0,2 3 of 13 Data Type: integer Whole numbers e.g. 1907 4 of 13 Data Type: real Any number, with or without decimal places e.g. 12.34 5 of 13 Data Type: currency Shows data in the format of a decimal and money e.g. £12.40 6 of 13 Data Type: percentage A number format that includes decimal places and a % sign e.g. 2.5% 7 of 13 Data Type: fraction A number format that includes a fraction e.g. 4/5 8 of 13 Data Type: decimal A number format that inlcudes a number with a decimal point e.g. 33.67 9 of 13 Data Type: date/time A date or time e.g. 25/04/2019 or 11:56 10 of 13 Data Type: limited choice Restricts the choice by a user e.g. a drop down list, radio button, tick list 11 of 13 Data Type: object An additional component e.g. a chart or graph taken from a different source 12 of 13 Data Type: logical/boolean There are only two choices e.g. yes or no, true or false, male or female, 1 or 0 13 of 13
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