Information

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Information refers to all kinds of data or knowledge that a natural or legal person processes by optical or electronic means for a specific purpose and that is expressed as codes, characters, voice, sound, images, etc. (Framework Act on Informatization Promotion, Article 2, Paragraph 1). Information is used with various meanings, from everyday language to technical terminology.

Evolutionary stages of information

• Evolutionary stages of information (data->information->knowledge->wisdom)

Explains the evolutionary stages of information (data->information->knowledge->wisdom).

1. Data is numbers in their pure state before processing.
2. Information is a form of secondary data processed to be meaningful.
3. Knowledge is know-how about using information, that is, meta-information about How.
4. Wisdom is sometimes mentioned as the stage after knowledge; it refers to creative ideas that make use of knowledge.

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• Wikipedia (en) Description of information
• Data, Information, Knowledge, and Wisdom