From DATA to WISDOM:

From Dataï¿½


ï¿½Dataï¿½ is the raw material of IS/IT:

w	bits:ï¿½ 0/1, +/-, on/off

w	characters (letters and numbers)

w	the subject of communication theory, AKA

	ï¿½information theoryï¿½ (Claude Shannon).

	This is one of the places where computer

	science and information science meet.