Data is central to computing innovations because it communicates initial conditions to programs and represents new knowledge. Computers consume data, transform data, and produce new data, allowing users to create new information or knowledge to solve problems through the interpretation of this data. Computers store data digitally, which means that the data must be manipulated in order to be presented in a useful way to the user.
Essential Questions:
How can computation be employed to help people process data and information to gain insight and knowledge?
How can computation be employed to facilitate exploration and discovery when working with data?
What considerations and trade-offs arise in the computational manipulation of data?
What opportunities do large data sets provide for solving problems and creating knowledge?
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