Classwork Series and Exercises {Computer Studies – JSS1}: Important Tool For Processing Data

Computer Science JSS 1 Week 1

Topic: Important Tool For Processing Data

Data are raw facts given to the system to process in order to obtain information. Data are referred to as unprocessed information

Information is the result to obtain from a processed data. Information is referred to as PROCESSED DATA. Although data and information are used interchangeable but there are still differences.

Data are input into the computer system while information is displayed or painted out of the computer system.

However, many tools such as finger, abacus, and Napier logarithms e.t.c can be used to process data into information computer system is the best of all these tools because of the following reasons

1. Accuracy: Computer has high degree of accuracy. Therefore any data processed with computer system is being processed with high degree of accuracy.
2. Reality: Computers are the most reliable machine that has ever. Exist in human history therefore any information obtained from computer processed data is highly reliable.
3. Fastest Machine: computers perform operation in micro seconds. There data processed using computer system is done at a very fast rate which other machine cannot.
4. Easy to Operate: Computer requires little energy for operation on like other machine.
5. Efficiency: Although the efficient of machine can never be 100% percent, but computer has as much as 99.9% percent efficient.