Difference between revisions of "Information"
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| − | Here is a datum (i.e., a single piece of data): I do not like okra. It’s like eating zucchini with hair. I don’t care how you prepare it. I don’t like okra. | + | Information = Data + Context. |
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| + | Here is a datum (i.e., a single piece of data): I do not like okra. It’s like eating zucchini with hair. I don’t care how you prepare it. I don’t like okra. | ||
That specific fact is essentially useless. Unless you invite me to dinner. Then it’s useful. | That specific fact is essentially useless. Unless you invite me to dinner. Then it’s useful. | ||
There. That’s the difference between data and information. | There. That’s the difference between data and information. | ||
Data is not information until it is useful. | Data is not information until it is useful. | ||
https://www.hpe.com/us/en/insights/articles/the-privacy-equation-data-is-not-information-until-it-is-useful-1805.html | https://www.hpe.com/us/en/insights/articles/the-privacy-equation-data-is-not-information-until-it-is-useful-1805.html | ||
Revision as of 14:39, 11 August 2018
Full Title or Meme
Information = Data + Context.
Context
Here is a datum (i.e., a single piece of data): I do not like okra. It’s like eating zucchini with hair. I don’t care how you prepare it. I don’t like okra.
That specific fact is essentially useless. Unless you invite me to dinner. Then it’s useful. There. That’s the difference between data and information. Data is not information until it is useful.
