Multicore
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That's how I see it too. Data just is. On its own it doesn't mean anything. Information, otoh, relates to some human purpose, it informs the purpose, and in the context of the purpose it has meaning. That's the difference. And the two can relate to each other, which I like to conceive as: we can ask questions of the data that may inform our purpose.Data is the raw data. Data becomes information when the data is organized and given context so it can be consumed and used by a person.
I have to thank my wife for challenging me on this question many years ago. At first, despite my engineering background, I couldn't clearly answer it and that really bugged me for a long time. That's how I know now that it's a good question.