What is the difference between information and signals?

Question

plz tell me more than 5 differences

Answer 1

Let me try something simple.

A man raising his right hand with a pointed index finger is signal

This signal is an information based on how it is interpreted.

1. It could be an umpire signallign 'out' in cricket

2. A student having a doubt in a class room

3. A happy man dancing bhangra in a party

Signal is sent and received. To get the information in the signal you need a decoder that interprets it based on a defined protocol/language

Answer 2

The definitions:

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sig·nal [sígn'l]

n (plural sig·nals)

1.  means of communication: an action, gesture, or sign used as a means of communication  

2.  communicated information: a piece of information communicated by an action, gesture, or sign  

3.  incitement: something that incites somebody to action

The threat of a shortage was a signal to hoard.



4.  electronics transmitted information: information transmitted by means of a modulated current or an electromagnetic wave and received by telephone, telegraph, radio, television, or radar  

adj

notable: of considerable importance

a signal accomplishment



v (past and past participle sig·naled, present participle sig·nal·ing, 3rd person present singular sig·nals)

1.  vti send message using signal: to communicate a message to somebody using a signal or signals  

2.  vt communicate something: to communicate something with an action or gesture

She signaled her impatience.



3.  vt indicate something: to be a sign that something has happened or is about to happen

This event signaled the end of the conflict.



[14th century. Via French < medieval Latin signale < Latin signum "mark, sign"]

-sig·nal·er, , n

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in·for·ma·tion  

in·for·ma·tion [ìnfər máysh'n]

n

1.  knowledge: definite knowledge acquired or supplied about something or somebody

a bulletin giving the latest information on the trial



2.  gathered facts: the collected facts and data about a specific subject  

3.  telephone information service: a telephone service that supplies telephone numbers to the public on request  

4.  making facts known: the communication of facts and knowledge  

5.  comput organized computer data: the meaningful material derived from computer data by organizing it and interpreting it in a specific way  

6.  law formal criminal accusation: a formal accusation of a crime brought by a prosecutor, as opposed to an indictment brought by a grand jury  

-in·for·ma·tion·al, , adj

-in·for·ma·tion·al·ly, , adv

Word Key: Synonyms

See knowledge.

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Answer 3

The most prominent reason is that a sender and a receiver is required for signals. But information is the content. It need not be exchanged between a sender and receiver.

Answer 4

technology tutorial-

http://w3schooling.org/

Answer 5

First of all you must clear in the question, Because the collection of signals in called as information.

Here the signal is any kind, basically in computer field they define signal as a pulse that is in electric form. If the signals are continues to the user then it is information.

Now are u clear.