What is the differance between data processing & information processing?

Question

Awaiting for a clear but descriptive answer.

Answer 1

Data and Information are NOT the same.

The words, data and information, are used interchangeably in many contexts. However, they are not synonyms.

Often data is defined as raw facts while information is processed data. Another distinction that is made is that information is the things that we know and data is the representation of the information.

For example,
Information: The year is 2006
Data: 2006, MMVI, 0x7D6H, 11111010110

The information has not changed in each case, although the data has.

Answer 2

Data=Raw Facts
Information= processed Data

so

Data ==> processing ===> Information

but many considered that any resulted information of a data processing process can be used as Raw facts for another processing system or any output(information) of one system is the input(raw facts) for another system

that what i think

Answer 3

The difference between data and information is very blurry as the previous answers suggested. One thing I can say on this topic is that today there is a difference between how structured data (things like numbers, dates, etc..) and unstructured data (text) are processed and handled. Unstructured data is naturally stored and processed in relational databases (like Oracle). While text can also be stored and maintained in databases, it usually more natural to store it in files/documents. When you want to make a text document searchable, you usually push it to a search engine (like Google) that allows you to submit free text queries that return documents. When you want to search some structured data, you put it into a database and run SQL queries on it.

How to seamlessly combine structured and unstructured data processing/search is still something the research community is working on.

I hope I didn't digress too much from your original question...

Answer 4

Data implies digital, information can imply physical, as on paper. Databases process data, secretarys process information.

Answer 5

there is no difference. Data = Information

Answer 6

data and information processing is the same thing... your still manipulating the info/data that you get into a readable/useable state such as financial reports and etc.

Answer 7

It's exactly the same. It just depends of the which one you want to use.

Answer 8

It's all the same to me...do you notice any difference? I don't.

Answer 9

Nothing.

They're both awful, soul killing jobs.