The component in the five component model of information system is considered a bridge that connects the cluster side and the human side.

DATA

Explanation: Data can be described as a processed information,it is the bridge that connect the cluster(groups of information or collections of information) side and the human side. though data information can be sent across channels, it gives a meaning to what other models of information system represent. computers are good media in processing information and bringing meanings to the information set into it,computers make the information meaningful for use by the human side.