2.4 Data and Information Flashcards
What is Data vs Information?
Data: Raw data
Unorganized, series of number, and words.
Information: A collection of processed raw data. (structured or unstructured)
What is Information Systems vs Information Technology?
Information System
Focuses on integrating IT solutions meant to meet organizational business goals
Information Technology
Focuses more on the technology supporting information systems in an organization rather than the information residing on the systems or being communicated with them
What are the characteristics of Quality Data
Precise
Valid
Reliable
Timely
Complete
A website logs the timestamp, location, and browser of every visitor. It then aggregates this content into peak traffic times and days, minimum and maximum hits for each country and region, and popularity of certain browsers among visitors.
What is the timestamp considered in this scenario?
Data
IaaS
Infrastructure as a Service
PaaS
Platform as a Service
SaaS
Software as a Service
IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service)
Virtualized computer enviornment.
PaaS (Platform as a Service)
IaaS, a platform already built - Paid Licensing (MAC, Microsoft, Linux)
SaaS (Software as a Service)
IaaS/PaaS, Established service applications (Gmail, Youtube, Facebook)
Data Management Systems
Iaas
PaaS
SaaS
Data Hygiene
The processes of ensuring the cleanliness of data
Data Source
Capturing
Analyzing - Quality
Using
Precise Data
Data is in the context of its intended use
Valid Data
Meets the requirements of the data collection process
