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Information is when data is put to work. The arrival and departure times at all the bus stops is data. Using them to travel across the city is information.

Most computer programs are designed to take data and provide information.

A reasonable mental model is to think of data and information like kinetic and potential energy. Data is potential energy, waiting for the right program or person to make use of it. Information is kinetic energy, data put in motion to do work.