We call raw facts and figures data. Data needs to be processed before it can be turned into something useful. When data is processed, it provides information. Data is often ambiguous, meaningless or have little meaning until they are sorted or until we calculate something meaningful from them.
For instance, consider the number 220874. We could interpret this in any number of ways. For example, it might be: Yourclass ID, your date of birth (e.g. 22 August 1974), your annual salary, and so on.
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