The concept that will be discussed is widespread in our everyday life. Information is a capacious word, refers to general scientific categories and is of great importance in different sciences.
The word itself came to us from the Latin language and in translation it sounds like awareness. In fact, this concept is abstract and has several meanings that depend specifically on something that determines the types of information. But nevertheless, the meaning of the word is that it is, first of all, a set of specific information stored and disseminated. And they, in turn, determine knowledge, which is always expressed in different forms. They surround a person always and everywhere, since without this the existence of life itself is impossible.
Various kinds of information are everywhere. We all know that only the apple tree and nothing more will grow from the seed of an apple tree. It is in a tree at the genetic level, and nothing can be changed. Air is a source of information for all trees (and not only): according to its state, trees can determine the time when you need to wake up to life. And take the migratory birds. A flock flies only a specific route that is specified in their genes, and it is not possible for them to turn off it.
Man at all times sought not only to preserve and fix the types and properties of information, but also to share it with others. For this, all kinds of information technologies have been created in the modern world as reliable means of collecting, processing, storing and transmitting them to other generations.
In the modern world, this definition according to the presentation, method of storage and coding is divided into the following types of information:
- graphic (sometimes expressed by graphic means);
- sound;
- textual;
- numerical;
- video information.
The first specified type of information exists in drawings, paintings, photographs, diagrams, drawings. Known since the appearance of the first representatives of the future society. Sound information is expressed in sounds. This is also a rather ancient definition. Textual is a way of designating speech with symbols, that is, letters. Numerical is similar to it: encoding information using numbers. The latest invention in the modern world was video information - a way of storing and transmitting “live” pictures of the world. In addition to all the described types of information, there is also tactile perception (sensations, smells, tastes, etc.)
Any kind of information requires ways of storing and transmitting it, especially over long distances. At first, light signals were used for this, then radio waves. Since the advent of computers, storing and transmitting any information has become much easier. Information can be stored on various types of electronic media: magnetic disks, laser disks, special storage devices, such as flash cards. Every day there are new ways and devices. Any concept of information, types of information is processed without problems using a computer. Processing includes reproduction, transmission, conversion, data recording. To do this, you only need to be able to use a computer and specially designed programs for such actions.
And, of course, the basic information of our time is presented on the global global Internet. The methods of storage and transfer here are somewhat different from the usual and familiar to the person. Since its volumes on the Internet are very large, the ways to work with it are special. The software is being improved every day, which makes it possible to work with such information collectively and constantly.
The properties
Information, as we have said, is a specific object, and like all of them, it has certain properties that can be enumerated for a long time. Let us dwell only on the most important criteria. So, valuable and useful information in the first place should be:
- reliable;
- objective;
- complete;
- accurate;
- relevant;
- useful.