2Organising

Organising is the process by which data is structured, arranged, represented and formatted into a form appropriate for use by other information processes.
 * Definition of Organising**


 * Hardware used for Organising**
 * ====Text====
 * ====Audio====
 * ====Images====

(Windows paint, Adobe fireworks) || Paint programs create bit-mapped graphics and organises the data by treating each pixel on the scree individually. They represent this by bits in the memory Draw program creates a vector graphic and organises data by defining graphics into paticular objects such as a straight line, surve or shape. Objects are defined by there: Characteristics are stored as mathematical expressions. || Each different multimedia type is organised in different software. (eg. audio software used to organise audio) || Small file size. || Allows for display, analysis and processing. || Data structure is defined in a data dictionary. A table or list arranges the data into colums (fields) and rows (records) || (Audacity) || Can oragnise audio data into different file types
 * Software used for Organising**
 * //Type of Software// || //How it Organises the data// ||
 * Paint and Draw
 * Width
 * Position
 * Pattern
 * Multimedia || Data is organised by combining data in different formats.
 * Word Proccessing || Includes texts of different colours, sizes and fonts. This text can be organised into features such as tables.
 * Microsoft Excel (Spredsheet) || The numerical data is stored in an organised way. It uses a rectangular grid made up of rows and columns to organise and store the data that requires some form of calculation. A cell is the intersection of a row and column. Formulas can be added to the numerical data to perform calculations (eg. sums of the different columns) Cannot perform calculations on words.
 * Database || An organised collection of data. Data ir organised into data structures called files, records, fields and characters.
 * Audio software
 * MIDI: Organises the audio into backing tracks with instruments/no vocals and has a small file size.
 * Waveform: illustrates graphically the audio file by plotting the period quantity against time. (MP3, WAV) ||
 * Video Processing || Organises video and audio on a timeline. ||
 * Presentation Software || Data is organised on slides and contorl is provided over the sequences of information displayed. ||

Non-Computer Tools More flexible than using a computer
 * Hard Copy Systems: organises data on paper eg. Phone directories, Yellow Pages
 * Pen and Paper e.g tables, diagrams summaries and lists
 * Social and Ethical issues for Organising**
 * A social issue related to oragnising is ease of access.
 * Electronic databases have made data much easily accessible.
 * This can breach the issue of privacy as unwanted information about an individual can be available as it is organised no the web for all to access.
 * Poorly organised data can result in irrelevant infomation. This can make it difficult for people to understand as it is important for data to be clearly defined for it to be understood.
 * Data must be appropriate and complete.