A driver’s license bureau maintains a database of licensed drivers. State whether each of the following represents data or metadata. If it represents data, state whether it is structured or unstructured data. If it represents metadata, state whether it is a fact describing a property of data or a fact describing the context of data. An image of the driver’s fingerprint The make and serial number of the scanning device that was used to scan the fingerprint The resolution (in megapixels) of the camera that was used to photograph the driver The fact that the driver’s birth date must precede today’s date by at least 16 years

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A driver’s license bureau maintains a database of licensed drivers. State whether each of the following represents data or metadata. If it represents data, state whether it is structured or unstructured data. If it represents metadata, state whether it is a fact describing a property of data or a fact describing the context of data.

  1. An image of the driver’s fingerprint
  2. The make and serial number of the scanning device that was used to scan the fingerprint
  3. The resolution (in megapixels) of the camera that was used to photograph the driver
  4. The fact that the driver’s birth date must precede today’s date by at least 16 years
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