Data

Description
1. Elementary description of things, events, activities, and transactions that are recorded, classified, and stored, but not organised to convey special meaning.

2. Collection of facts, measurements, and statistics. (Turban et al, 2003a)

3. Any manifestation in the environment, including symbolic representations, that in combination may form the basis of information. (AS 5037 (interim), 2003)

4. Data Items refer to an elemaentary description of things, events, activities, and transactions that are recorded, classified, and stored, but not organised to convey specific meaning. data items can be numeric, alphanumeric, figures, sounds or images. A student grade in a class is a data item, and so is the number of hours an employee worked in a certain week. (Turban et al, 2003b)

5. Raw facts and figures that a computer processes into usable information. Data such as cash receipts mean little until processed into information such as open receivable balance. (Gartner, 2005)

Reference List
AS 5037 (interim), 2003, Knowledge Management.

Gartner, 2005, Glossary, "Data", www.gartner.com, accessed 5/08/2005.

Turban E, McLean E, Wetherbe J, 2003a, Information Technology for Management - Transforming Organisations in the Digital Economy, 4th Ed, John Wiley and Sons, New Jersey, p451.

Turban E, McLean E, Wetherbe J, 2003b, Information Technology for Management - Transforming Organisations in the Digital Economy, 4th Ed, John Wiley and Sons, New Jersey, p51.