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Contents & notes: what this topic covers
Under Data and Information, the JAMB Computer Studies syllabus expects you to study:
- 2. Data and Information a. Differences between Data and Information b. Data representation.
- c. Methods of Digitisation SECTION C: Computer Ap
Study notes & guidance
Study Data and Information using a recommended Computer Studies textbook that follows the JAMB syllabus. Work through the contents listed above one by one, make brief notes in your own words, and then practise as many questions on this topic as you can — in Computer Studies, understanding and steady practice matter far more than memorising. Use the objectives below as a checklist: if you can do each one confidently, you have mastered this topic.
Objectives — candidates should be able to
After studying Data and Information, you should be able to:
- Define data and information
- List properties of information
- List different types of data types (integers, real numbers, strings, multimedia (image, audio/visual, signal etc.)
- Identify ways of representing and handling data that is number bases with special reference to binary, decimal, hexadecimal etc.
- Define digitization
- Explain the process of digitalization(manual, heads-up, interactive tracing, automatic)
- List different formats of digitized data (image, audio, video, motion, text, multimedia, etc.) plication Packages
These objectives are from the official JAMB syllabus. Use them as a checklist — if you can do each one confidently, you have mastered this topic.
Source: official JAMB UTME Computer Studies syllabus (IBASS, jamb.gov.ng). Reproduced for study use. Last checked: 17 Sept 2026. Always confirm the current syllabus on the official portal.