Week 10: Information Management

Lecture

This week we learnt how information is managed and they different ways it could be stored. There are two types of information format

Atom-Based - Books, papers, reports, etc.

Pros:

• We can see it
• We can know where it is
• Easily concealed
• Easy to protect
• Difficult to change
• Difficult to copy

Cons:

• Bulky
• Costly
• Difficult to edit
• Difficult to distribute
• Inflexible

Bit-based - Digital reproductions, electronic content

Pros:

• Very flexible
• Very cheap
• Easy to edit
• Easy to mass produce and broadcast

Cons:

• Easy to copy and steal
• Authenticity
• SPAM

Task