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Date: 2024-12-09 09:08:23
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In many cases, the database literature uses the terms "data" and "information" as synonyms. As C.J. Date (he is one of the most famous experts on the theory of relational databases) wrote in his famous book "An Introduction to Database Systems" (8th edition, p.6):

Incidentally, please note that we treat the terms data and information as synonyms in this book. Some writers prefer to distinguish between the two, using data to refer to what is actually stored in the database and information to refer to the meaning of that data as understood by some user. The distinction is clearly important – so important that it seems preferable to make it explicit, where appropriate, instead of relying on a somewhat arbitrary differentiation between two essentially synonymous terms.

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Posted by: Rodvi