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 that encomp**** computer systems, software, programming languages, and data and information processing...
- An information system (IS) is a formal, sociotechnical, organizational system designed to collect, process, store, and distribute information. From a sociotechnical...
- Information theory is the mathematical study of the quantification, storage, and communication of information. The field was established and put on a...
- The Information Age is a historical period that began in the mid-20th century. It is characterized by a rapid shift from traditional industries, as established...
- Information retrieval (IR) in computing and information science is the task of identifying and retrieving information system resources that are relevant...
- mathematical statistics, the Fisher information (sometimes simply called information) is a way of measuring the amount of information that an observable random...
- A geographic information system (GIS) consists of integrated computer hardware and software that store, manage, analyze, edit, output, and visualize geographic...
- economics, perfect information (sometimes referred to as "no hidden information") is a feature of perfect competition. With perfect information in a market,...
- classified information is material that a government body deems to be sensitive information that must be protected. Access is restricted by law or regulation...