Information and digital technologies

Information is the data a person receives from the surroundings through the sense organs; facts about who or what something is also count as information. We receive it with five senses – sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch – and most of it comes through sight. Information may be analog (continuous, like temperature, sound or light) or discrete (made of separate values or numbers); in a computer information is stored in digital form. Good information is accurate, clear, reliable, up to date and useful. Searching, collecting, storing, processing and transmitting are the information processes. The methods and technical tools used for them are called information technologies. When you use the internet, never give your password to anyone, do not write personal details to strangers, and if a strange message or request arrives, show it at once to your parents or teacher.