When the checkout scanner at your local grocery store reads the bar code on the product you have bought,the details of the transaction are then transmitted to the store's inventory-control system.What is being transmitted is data,not information.

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The barcode scanned by the checkout scanner contains data, which is transmitted to the inventory-control system. It is not yet considered information until it is processed, analyzed, and interpreted by the system to provide useful insights for decision making.

When the Checkout Scanner at Your Local Grocery Store Reads