What is information?

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What is information?
The information, its properties, forms and species are all GEF/OPFs with interactive OGE assignments.
Information
- information about the world around us that we perceive and use for decision-making.
GEF
PIF
OGE No. 1-5
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Definition of information
What is information in informatics?
GEF
Definition for GEF
Information (from lat. informatio — "explanation")
- information about the world and the processes in it.
Data vs Information
Data
- symbols, numbers, notes without meaning.
Information
- meaningful data.
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Information properties
Relevance, credibility, completeness, clarity
6 properties
Relevance
- It matters now.
Reliability
- is true.
Complete
- enough to solve
Understanding
- available to the recipient
Useful
- helps to achieve the goal
Innovation
- contains new information
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Blitz: What kind of property is this?
Read the situation and select the property from the bank of 12 assignments.
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Forms and types of information
By way of perception and by form of presentation.
By way of perception (senses)
♪ Visual
Eyes: text, photo, diagrams
:: Hearing
Ears: music, speech, sounds
♪ Tactical
Skin: Braille font, touch
♪ Taste
Language: Sweet, sour taste
♪ Consensual
Nose: smells, fragrances
Form of submission
Textual
Books, articles, messages
♪ Quantified
Tables and data sets
Graphic
Images, maps, diagrams
:: Audio
Sound recording of speech, music
Multimedia
Combination of all forms
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Clicks and shape information
The card with the object is shown, click one of five categories. Ten items from a bank of 20.
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Information processes
Collection, storage, processing, transfer
Four IPs
♪ Collection
Sensors, senses
♪ Storage
HDD, SSD, cloud
♪ Processing
CPU, algorithms
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Blitz: the information process or not?
Read the situation. Is this an information process?
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Mini test
Five random questions from Bank 40.
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Press "Start Quest" for starters.