Data and information are are two separate things. Data are facts and not currently being used in a decision process and generally take the form of records and files, whereas, information consists of data that have been retrieved, processed and used for inference purposed or as a base for forecasting or decision making.
Data are converted into meaningful information in following steps:
(i) Recording/ capturing of data from source.
(ii) Checking and verification of data to ensure that it was captured and recorded correctly.
(iii) Data are placed into specific categories.
(iv) Arranging data into specified sequence.
(v) Combining or aggregating data elements.
(vi) Arithmetic and/or logical manipulation of data.
(vii) Placing data to some storage media where it can be kept for access and retrieval.
(viii) Retrieving to specific data elements.
(ix) Reproducing data from one medium to another.
(x) Communicating or transferring data from one place to another.
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