what is data conversion?

Question

can any body expalin what is actually happening in data conversion

Answer 1

Depends...



You can perform data conversions between different data formats by converting, let's say...your excel data to an access database. Or converting your access database to a SQL database.



Or you can do data conversions by updating. This usually happens when a new form of software comes out that manages your data. For instance going from Access 97 to Access 2000.



What is happening in the Update Data conversion is new data management protocols are in place in the newer software so in order to properly function with the new management software it needs to update the old protocols to the new ones.

Answer 2

That is a very general question - but the most common answer is this: Each application needs the data in a partucular format to understand, and if the same data in same format is presented to another application, that "another" application can fail to understand because it works with a separate format. Now, if you want the data that is made for application-1 to be understood by another application-2, some amount of conversion should happen to the data. An extremely over simplified example is this: Assume that application-1 reads the "date" in MM/DD/YY format, and the application-2 reads the data in DD/MM/YYYY format (notice the change in the date format), then any data that was made for application-1 should be altered in the date format before it is fed to application-2.

Answer 3

You have to clearly explain what kind of data conversion you are talking about. Is the data conversion happening in your program or in a database. For example you want to convert int to string type you can do it in a C prog by itoa(..) or in a database by using some database tools.



let us say u convert itoa(10); then the variable takes 1 integer which could be 32 bits depending on the OS. Now converting to string takes 3 bytes in sequence byte1 - 1(Ascii) , byte2 - (Asicii)0 and byte3 - 0 or NULL ( both are same. All C strings end with a 0 to represent end of string).

Answer 4

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• Composition and rendering of PDF, HTML documents, e Books

• Digital publishing includes composition, conversion, editing, proofreading, typesetting, formatting etc

• Document conversion from one format to another

• E Book production

• Post production error correction and quality assurance etc.



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