1. What is
Handling Information?

2. What is handling information?
Information handling involves
gathering,
storing,
manipulating,
interrogating
and using information.
Being able to handle information is a very important ‘real- life’ skill.

3. Handling information We can solve a problem by collecting, organising,
representing,
extracting
and interpreting data
in tables, graphs and charts.

4. We can use a database to handle information.
What is a database
A database is an ordered collection of information which allows searching for specific information and enables individual items to be added and amended.
An example of a database is an address book : this contains names, addresses and telephone numbers, normally arranged in alphabetical groups.

5. Computers can help to handle information very quickly.
A computer database might contain exactly the same information - but would allow the user to store, retrieve, organise and compare information with far greater speed and efficiency.
Items in a computer database can be accessed
in a systematic way by asking questions.

6. What is a database? More definitions :-
A collection of information organised in such a way that a computer program can quickly select desired pieces of data.
You can think of a database as an electronic filing system.
A large amount of data stored in a well-organized manner.
A collection of records or files of information grouped together.

7. Information Workshop 2000 is an example of an information handling program.
Here is an example of a record from a database containing census information.