Transcript What is handling information?

What is
Handling Information?
What is handling information?
Information handling involves
gathering,
storing,
manipulating,
interrogating
and using information.
Being able to handle information is a very important ‘real- life’ skill.
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Handling information
We can solve a problem by collecting,
organising,
representing,
extracting
and interpreting data
in tables, graphs and charts.
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We can use a database to handle
information.
What is a database
A database is an ordered collection of information
which allows searching for specific information and
enables individual items to be added and amended.
An example of a database is an address book : this
contains names, addresses and telephone numbers,
normally arranged in alphabetical groups.
Computers can help to
handle information very quickly.
A computer database might contain exactly the
same information - but would allow the user to
store, retrieve, organise and compare information
with far greater speed and efficiency.
Items in a computer database can be accessed
in a systematic way by asking questions.
What is a database?
More definitions :A collection of information organised in such a way that
a computer program can quickly select desired pieces
of data.
You can think of a database as an electronic filing
system.
A large amount of data stored in a well-organized
manner.
A collection of records or files of information grouped
together.
Information Workshop 2000
is an example of an information handling program.
Here is an example of a
record from a database
containing census
information.