Very Short Question and Answers - Social Networking and Data & Information

Social networking is the grouping of individuals into specific groups who share common interests and/or activities.

They help in establishing social relationships and function as an online community for internet users.

Users can create profiles, share photos, messages, videos, and join communities.

User profiles contain information about the user and allow interactions with other users.

They allow users to choose who can view their profile, contact them, or add them to their contact list.

Facebook is known for having nearly 2 billion active users and allows various forms of interactions such as posting comments, sharing links, and chatting.

The initial character limit was 140 characters.

Twitter increased the character limit from 140 to 280 characters.

Instagram specializes in the sharing of photographs by users.

LinkedIn specializes in sharing business and professional information.

Reddit is used as a social news aggregation app where users can upload stories and rate them.

Data refers to a collection of numbers, characters, symbols, images, etc., which can be processed by a computer.

Data is unstructured and carries no meaning, whereas information is processed data that conveys meaning.

Marks such as 67, 88, 90, and 77 are examples of data.

Knowledge is the highest level of abstraction, derived from information, which itself is derived from data.

The height of Mt. Everest is considered as 'data'.

That book would be considered as 'information'.

The meaningful output derived from processed data is called information.

Open membership allows anyone to become a member, irrespective of their views and interests.

Large organizations create profiles on these websites to advertise their products and services.