"Data" and "information" are often used interchangeably and is a distinction without a difference used by computer geeks to feel important. Computers need data. Humans need information. If data is ones and zeros (per a link from your "search") what is a rock strata, a solar spectra, a fossil, a dead body? We aren't compiling student test scores in an attempt to make statistical inferences.
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Information can be a mental stimulus, perception, representation, knowledge, or even an instruction. The examples of data can be facts, analysis, or statistics. In computer terms, symbols, characters, images, or numbers are data. These are the inputs for the system to give a meaningful interpretation. In other words, data in a meaningful form is information."
Did you catch that? Data (in a meaningful form) is information.
What is DNA, data or information? If DNA is data, how is it processed. If DNA is information, how is it measured? Give it a go. Prove you're not a moron.