Definitions
We need to differentiate between data, information, intelligence and
knowledge
♦ Data are symbolic depictions of facts (e.g the display on a
thermometer, or a ten year time series reflecting GDP, balance of
payments and exchange rate performance).
♦ Information is data set in particular context (e.g the proposition: "It
was 30 degrees Celsius at Cap d'Antibes at 11:00 a.m on 3 August
1999.", or "The south-east Asian economies grew rapidly between
1985 and 1995.").
♦ Intelligence is the processes and the products that lead to
understanding and taking decisions related to reality.
♦ Knowledge is the product of thinking, the connection of information
in a logical-functional way. Knowledge allows us to explain or give
reasons for phenomena, and to predict future events.
Definitions
We need to differentiate between data, information, intelligence and
knowledge
♦ Data are symbolic depictions of facts (e.g the display on a
thermometer, or a ten year time series reflecting GDP, balance of
payments and exchange rate performance).
♦ Information is data set in particular context (e.g the proposition: "It
was 30 degrees Celsius at Cap d'Antibes at 11:00 a.m on 3 August
1999.", or "The south-east Asian economies grew rapidly between
1985 and 1995.").
♦ Intelligence is the processes and the products that lead to
understanding and taking decisions related to reality.
♦ Knowledge is the product of thinking, the connection of information
in a logical-functional way. Knowledge allows us to explain or give
reasons for phenomena, and to predict future events.
Definitions
We need to differentiate between data, information, intelligence and
knowledge
♦ Data are symbolic depictions of facts (e.g the display on a
thermometer, or a ten year time series reflecting GDP, balance of
payments and exchange rate performance).
♦ Information is data set in particular context (e.g the proposition: "It
was 30 degrees Celsius at Cap d'Antibes at 11:00 a.m on 3 August
1999.", or "The south-east Asian economies grew rapidly between
1985 and 1995.").
♦ Intelligence is the processes and the products that lead to
understanding and taking decisions related to reality.
♦ Knowledge is the product of thinking, the connection of information
in a logical-functional way. Knowledge allows us to explain or give
reasons for phenomena, and to predict future events.