1. Introduction

Most AS ICT exam papers have a question somewhere asking you to define and give examples of the terms data, information and knowledge.

It is essential that you understand these terms and can provide examples which you have learned. But you also need to be able to come up with your own examples for a given context. For example, if the question was based on a clothes shop then it would be sensible to give examples related to clothing i.e. dress sizes or prices.

Over the next few pages we will be taking a look at the three main terms, Data, Information and Knowledge.