Database Systems Lecture 2: File Based Systems

Data refers to meaningful facts, whereas information is useless in decision making

Data is processed to be useful in decision making, while information is just raw facts (correct)

Data is unorganized, whereas information is organized and structured

Data is processed, while information is raw and unprocessed

A type of metadata

A sequence of records with a specific format (correct)

A collection of application programs

A collection of unrelated information

Limited data sharing among programs

Different programs have separate copies of the same data (correct)

Each file has a specific format

Programs maintain their own metadata

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