DATA

DATA

CATEGORY: Database Term
CLASS: General
VERSION: Not A FileMaker Specific Term

This is what you call the characters in a field or record. They may have value or they many not. In some discussions, it is important to differentiate the meaning between data and information. When data is combined in a selective method, the data becomes information.

In other words, if a field has a typed in value of (asdlfkasd88df), that can be interpreted as data but it does not necessary convey information.