DATA BASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM DATA : Data is the collection of raw, unorganized facts and detail like text, observation, figures, symbols and description of things. * In other words data does not carry any specific purpose and has no significance b itself. * Moreover data is measured in terms of all bits and bytes -which are basic unit of information in the context of computer storage and processing. * Data can be recorded and does not have any meaning unless processed TYPE OF DATA Quantitative : N umerical form weight, volume, cost of an item. 2. Qualitative : Descriptive, but not numeric ,Name, gender, hair color of a person