FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING FUNDAMENTALS

WHAT IS PROGRAMMING

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which best describes “data”?
A
Consists of facts or statistics. It can be numbers or symbols.
B
Can be a sentence of words or sequence of numbers/images that have been put into context.
C
A block of code that performs a task without returning a value.
D
A block of code that performs a task and returns a value.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Definition. Data are measurements or observations that are collected as a source of information.

Detailed explanation-2: -Research data is any information that has been collected, observed, generated or created to validate original research findings. Although usually digital, research data also includes non-digital formats such as laboratory notebooks and diaries.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Key Differences Between Data vs Information While data is raw and unorganized, information is organized. Data points are individual and sometimes unrelated. Information maps out that data to provide a big-picture view of how it all fits together. Data, on its own, is meaningless.

Detailed explanation-4: -Data is defined as facts or figures, or information that’s stored in or used by a computer. An example of data is information collected for a research paper.

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