INFORMATION PROCESSING

INFORMATION PROCESSING

Information processing refers to the manipulation, storing and retrieval of digitized information by computers and other digital electronic equipment.

PROCEDURES FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING

Collation: Assembling of information into logical sequence.

Organization: This is the arrangement of information into working order.

Analysis: This is the disassembling of information in order to study the relationship, nature, function or meaning of it.

Interpretation: This is the evaluation and transformation of information into a very meaningful and comprehensive format.

INFORMATION TRANSMISSION

Information consists of facts which provide knowledge relating to specific event or situation which may be used in making decisions.

Information transmission can be defined as the process of passing information from one person or place to another.

Methods of transmission are the ways of passing information from one place to another.

The methods of transmission are classified into two, they are:

1.The ancient method

2.The modern methods of transmission.

ANCIENT METHOD OF TRANSMITTING INFORMATION

1.Drum beating: Drums are used to pass information to people within the community. Messages were read from the sound of the drum.

2.Town criers: Messages can be transmitted through town criers. These are people that pass information from one place to another on foot or horseback. They used different instruments like iron to draw people’s attention.

3.Signs: the type of sign used to transmit information will depend on the type of information to be transmitted. For example: smoke signal can be used as a means of transmitting information showing an event is happening somewhere.

Others are bells, trumpets, whistles, gun blast, metal gong etc.

MODERN METHODS OF TRANSMITTING INFORMATION

1.Electronic Mails: These have to do with sending electronic messages from one person to another through the use of the internet.

2.Telephone messages: Messages can be sent quickly and the reply is instant. Through this medium messages can be sent quickly and subscribers are given the opportunity to pass information to one another.

3.Radio and television: Television is used to transmit visual messages. Radios are used to broadcast information through voice to a group of people while television uses pictures and sound to pass information.

Others modern methods are fax, satellite, newspapers, fliers, handbooks, magazine etc.

CLASSIFICATION OF THE METHODS OF INFORMATION TRANSMITION

Information transition methods can be classified as Electronic or Non – Electronic;

1.Electronic Transmission: This means any process of communication that does not directly involve physical transfer of paper and that is suitable for retention, retrieval and reproduction of information by recipient.

2.Non - Electronic Transmission: This means any process of communication that directly involve physical transfer of paper and that is suitable for retention, retrieval and reproduction of information by recipient.

Assignment

Explain the following as a means of transmitting information:

i.Fax

ii.satellite

iii.Newspapers

iv.fliers

v.handbooks

vi.magazine