Nursing Informatics Practice Exam

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Information entered into a computer system is referred to as what?

Data input
Data output
Data processing
Data retrieval

The correct answer is: Data input

The information entered into a computer system is referred to as data input. Data input is the process of entering data into the computer system for processing, storage, or retrieval. This is the initial step in the data processing cycle where raw data is collected and entered into the computer system for further manipulation or analysis. This distinguishes it from data output, which refers to the information obtained after processing and analysis, data processing, which involves the manipulation and analysis of the data, and data retrieval, which refers to the process of accessing stored data from the system.