ESSAY #1 for INF5020, AUTUMN 2004

NOTE that this essay counts for 20% of your final grade in this course!

?         DUE: Friday 28th September 2004, before 16:00 hrs.

?         GOAL: Understand and discuss what information is, also in terms of its function (in different contexts like for example computational and human/social contexts), also in comparison to data and knowledge etc.

?         Note that you really want to be able to (at least) distinguish between data, information and knowledge, and you want a ?definition? that makes sense at least in one specific context. Do specify which one(s)!

?         Do not come with a summary of syllabus (like L. Floridis article on information in chapter 4).

?         TITLE: ?Information Is and Information Does: In Search of the True Meaning of Information?.

HAPPY WRITING!

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PLEASE DO ASK WHENEVER YOU NEED TO!