Data and Information for Computers
What data is: information that computers use — numbers, words, pictures, sounds; everything a computer knows comes from data that people give it
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Could your child explain what 'data' means and give examples of data they create every time they use a phone or computer?
What data is: information that computers use — numbers, words, pictures, sounds; everything a computer knows comes from data that people give it
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- Define data as information stored in a computer (numbers, text, images, sounds)
- Give at least three examples of data they create every day (photos, messages, search queries)
- Explain that a computer only knows what it has been given — it has no knowledge of its own
“Could your child explain what 'data' means and give examples of data they create every time they use a phone or computer?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Conceptual
- Subject
- Computing
- Domain
- Artificial Intelligence
- Age range
- Ages 7–9