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From: Bob Brookshire
Date: Sat, 22 Apr 1995 00:00

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"The terms 'data' and 'information' are frequently used interchangeably;
however, information is generally defined as data that is meaningful or useful
to the recipient.  Data items are therefore the raw materials for producing
information."

Gordon B. Davis and Margrethe H. Olson, MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS:
CONCEPTUAL FOUNDATIONS, STRUCTURE, AND DEVELOPMENT (New York: McGraw-Hill,
1985), p. 9.



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Bob Brookshire
Information & Decision Sciences                          phone: (703) 568-3062
James Madison University			           fax: (703) 568-3273
Harrisonburg, VA 22807 USA   		             BrooksRG@vax1.acs.jmu.edu

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