7. INPUT STAGE
• Data collection
• Data capture
• Encode data
• Data transmission
• Data communication
8. Q. What they are doing?
Answer: They are entering data
into a computer.
9. Q. Why do we need to input data?
Answer: We need data to get
information after processing it.
10. Q. What is data collection?
Answer: Data collection is a stage
of gathering data from the
environment and preparing it for
input.
11. Q. What is source document?
Answer: The paper or document on
which data is recorded when it is
collected is called a source document.
12. Q. What is data capture?
Answer: Data capture is the stage of
entering the collected data into
data processing system such as
computer or calculator.
13. Q. What does encoding mean?
Answer: Encoding means converting
data into a form that is easier to
input into a data processing system.
14. Q. What is data transmission?
Answer: Data transmission is the
stage of sending input data to the
processor and carrying it across its
various components.
15. Q. What is data communication?
Answer: Data communication is the
set of activities that allow data to be
sent from one data-processing
system to another.
23. Q. What is turnaround document?
Answer: A document that contains the results
of one processing activity, has more data
added to it, and is used as input for another
processing activity is called turnaround
document.