Data Foundations & Types

Question 1

What is data in computing terms?

Answer 1

Data is any information that is in a format that a computer can process

Question 2

How is data represented?

Answer 2

Data is represented as binary code in 1s and 0s which can be text or computer process instructions

Question 3

What is structured data?

Answer 3

Refers to discrete data types like numbers, dates names. Easy to search, query and organize in tabular format

Question 4

What is unstructured data?

Answer 4

Refers to data that comes in a variety of formats that is often textual or multi-media based I.E Images, audio files, text heavy documents, emails.