Saturday, June 20, 2009

TERM CONTRAST

1. Differentiate information V.S. data.
* Information - collected facts & data about a specific subjects.
* Data - information, often in the form of facts / figures obtained from experiments / surveys, used as a basis for making calculations / drawing conclusions.

2. Differentiate data storage V.S. computer storage.
* Data storage - (information storage & retrieval) is a term used to describe the organization, storage, location and retrieval of encoded information in computer systems.
* Computer storage - any physical device in / on which computer iformation can be kept.

3. Differentiate operating system V.S. computer system.
* Operating system - the basic software that controls a computer.
* Computer system - a system of one or more computers and associated software with common storage.

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