Definition of INFORMATION. Meaning of INFORMATION. Synonyms of INFORMATION

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Definition of INFORMATION

Information
Information In`for*ma"tion, n. [F., fr. L. informatio representation, cinception. See Inform, v. t.] 1. The act of informing, or communicating knowledge or intelligence. The active informations of the intellect. --South. 2. News, advice, or knowledge, communicated by others or obtained by personal study and investigation; intelligence; knowledge derived from reading, observation, or instruction. Larger opportunities of information. --Rogers. He should get some information in the subject he intends to handle. --Swift. 3. (Law) A proceeding in the nature of a prosecution for some offens against the government, instituted and prosecuted, really or nominally, by some authorized public officer on behalt of the government. It differs from an indictment in criminal cases chiefly in not being based on the finding of a grand juri. See Indictment.

Meaning of INFORMATION from wikipedia

- Information is an abstract concept that refers to something which has the power to inform. At the most fundamental level, it pertains to the interpretation...
- Information technology (IT) is a set of related fields within information and communications technology (ICT), that encomp**** computer systems, software...
- An information system (IS) is a formal, sociotechnical, organizational system designed to collect, process, store, and distribute information. From a sociotechnical...
- classified information is material that a government body deems to be sensitive information that must be protected. Access is restricted by law or regulation...
- In mathematical statistics, the Fisher information is a way of measuring the amount of information that an observable random variable X carries about...
- Information Service(s), or information service(s) may refer to: Information broker services, provided by a company which collects data for use by a third...
- A geographic information system (GIS) consists of integrated computer hardware and software that store, manage, analyze, edit, output, and visualize geographic...
- Information goods are commodities that provide value to consumers as a result of the information it contains and refers to any good or service that can...
- Information geometry is an interdisciplinary field that applies the techniques of differential geometry to study probability theory and statistics. It...
- defines information literacy as a "set of integrated abilities encomp****ing the reflective discovery of information, the understanding of how information is...