I‘m taking a course on interest rate modelling and we started talking about yield curves. We defined the discretely compounded zero rate curves, simple compounded zero rate curves, continuous compounded zero rate curves and continuous compounded forward rates and I think I understood the meaning behind them. But considering an example yield curve I have the following problem: In the lecture notes a yield curve example is given with the related table of terms, dates, times and input rates. What is the meaning of those input rates and how can I calculate the annual zero rate, continuous zero rate and forward rate out of it (to get the given yield curves in the example)?
Thanks in advance!