Definition:
Concept Number: *319
English Master: Data
Synonyms, Variations & Acronyms: none
Detailing
Data can be viewed as a necessary System Resource. Data can also be viewed as a Process-Input and as a Process-Output. Data can be viewed in terms of its Function (“to warn”, “to give costs”), volume (bits), and in terms of both Cost (Cost to acquire, Cost to store, Cost to keep updated) and performance characteristics (including accuracy, updatedness, Credibility, precision, correctness).eDefinition
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Examples
If “Stealth” = Aircraft Name.
The quote is used to express the Idea of a symbol string, the data “stealth”. It can for example be used in a logical expression.
Notes
1. Data is a primary form of input and output to intellectual, and computer-controlled, Processes. Data includes {characters, symbols, words, expressions, statements, diagrams}.
2. Data is not random meaningless signals. It is organized for analysis, or for use to help make decisions.
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Related-Concepts
Resource *199
Process-Input *178
Process-Output *179
History-of-Concept
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This Concept entered by Nancy Sealy.