IB Digital Society 3.1B Uses of Data Key Definitions

Raw, unprocessed facts that lack context or meaning.

Combining separate datasets about the same people or things so that together they reveal far more than any single dataset could on its own.

Technologies, applications, and platforms that create, store, process, and distribute digital data and information. Smartphones, social media platforms, AI assistants, and robots are all digital systems.

Using patterns found in past data to estimate what is likely to happen in the future, from a weather forecast to a product recommendation to a risk score.