An information object is a generalized concept that can be used to describe different types of material objects. They can be understood as processes, phenomena that have material or non-material properties. Information objects can be considered from the standpoint of their positive characteristics.
Features of classification
There is their division into several groups. All information objects are classified according to the types of objects under consideration, the type of image, the presence (absence) of sound. Let's analyze some options for such a subdivision. So, a simple information object can be considered as an image, a number, a sound, a text. Complex variants are characterized by the presence of hypertext, tables, databases, hypermedia.
Transmission of information
Any information object assumes the presence of certain information. For example, a tree has genetic information, the transfer of which makes it possible to obtain an adult tree from a small seed after a certain time period. Air acts as the main source of information in such a situation. Depending on its condition, the tree determines the time for bud break,emergence of green leaves. Individual flocks of migratory birds know their routes very well, they clearly follow them during flights, do not stray from the intended path.
Methods of storing information
Considering various types of information objects, we note that a person has always been looking for ways to save some important information about a phenomenon, an object. The brain is responsible for a variety of information, it uses its own ways of transmitting data to other people. The basis for this can be a binary code, which is similar to modern personal computers. In order for an information process object to be used for its intended purpose, it is currently possible to select several types of its transfer and long-term storage. In addition to your own memory, you can place important information on a variety of magnetic media.
Types of encoding information for storage
Any information object can be saved in different ways. The simplest is a graphical or pictorial view. This is how primitive people tried to pass on information about natural phenomena and objects from generation to generation. Until our time, some cave paintings made by primitive people have been preserved. Then they were replaced by paintings, diagrams, photographs, drawings.
Sound transmission
You can also save an information technology object using sounds. In the world around a person, there are many sounds that can be stored and replicated. In 1877 it was inventedspecial recording device. Musical coding can be considered as a kind of sound information. It involves encryption with the help of certain symbols of sounds, the subsequent transmission of text through sounds (in the form of a melody).
Transfer text
This type of encoding of human speech through special characters - letters - is used by various peoples. Each nationality has its own language, uses certain sets of letters (alphabets), thanks to which speech is displayed. As a result of this type of information encoding, the first book printing appeared.
The quantitative measure of objects and their characteristics in the modern world is the numerical transmission of information. With the advent of trade, money circulation, and the economy, this type of information objects has become especially relevant and in demand.
Numeric encoding systems can be different. Among the common options these days, we note video information. It involves the preservation of certain information in the form of "live" pictures. This method of encoding became possible only after the advent of cinema. But, despite the fact that the majority of information objects can be transferred to other generations in some way, even in our age of computer technology there are sources for which methods of storing, encoding, broadcasting information have not yet been invented. As an illustrative example, consider tactile information. We are talking about the transfer of organoleptic qualities, sensations, smells, tastes. Tactile sensations cannot be represented in a coded form, you can only convey your feelings and emotions in words. Before electricity was invented, important information was transmitted over long distances using coded light signals. Then the procedure was greatly simplified, radio waves replaced complex signals.
Binary encoding as a way of transmitting information
The creator of such a theory, i.e. the founder of modern digital communication, is Claude Shannon. It was he who substantiated the possibility of using a binary code to transmit information. After the advent of computers (computers), a tool was first developed for processing numerical information. With the improvement of personal computers, the options for processing, searching, transmitting numerical, sound, visual information have changed significantly. Nowadays, important information is stored on magnetic tapes or disks, removable media, laser disks. As a special source of modern information, we single out information that can be found on the global Internet. In this case, special techniques are used to search, process, store information.
Conclusion
Any information object has certain consumer characteristics. You can perform certain actions with it, for example, use it as a computer software tool. Information on a digital medium can be considered as an independent information unit (folder, archive, file). With skillful andtimely application of various information objects can create a comprehensive impression of the considered natural or social process, phenomenon, as well as determine the ways of subsequent development, modernization of the analyzed phenomenon.
