INFS 3500

I really have been sick for a week or two with stomach issues and have missed my INFS 3500 class for a week. It is a TR class so its only two days but I feel I've missed alot. I have to keep up with blogging and its hard for me... I try not to blame my illness but it really gets to me at times. Living with adult ADHD is kind of a challenge. I pravail I like to think everyday. making waves and changes and learning to live with it more everyday. I know that I can pass this course if I buckle down from here on out. Its getting kind of hard since my classes are wanting more and more out of me as we draw to the end of the semester. Can my mind keep up with the request. Only time can tell!!

Data, Information and Knowledge

Thinking about all 3 of these definitions, they all are interchangeable or can be on a hierarchical. I realized that in every analogy I use I can include Data, Information, and Knowledge and it will make sense because these words and their meanings are closely related. Data defined is facts, representation of facts that really don't have a meaning until put into information that is applied by knowledge. Information and knowledge are derived from data ( which may represent attributes of a variable or sets of variables and referring to INF it can be raw data).Information is data received and understood. It is a result of processing, manipulating and organizing data in a way that adds to the knowledge of the person receiving it. Information bears the diversity of meaning, it is data plus meaning that is integrated and consolidated. Knowledge is the application of information and data. Knowledge to me is the simplest of the 3 because it is just the application of information. When you retain information from data you put into affect and u comprehend it and learn from it. I can truly say that I feel I understand data, information and knowledge and find it fascinationg that they are so closely related!