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Information
| Information Definition And Meaning |
What's The Definition Of Information?
[n] (communication theory) a numerical measure of the uncertainty of an outcome; "the signal contained thousands of bits of information"
[n] knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction
[n] a message received and understood that reduces the recipient's uncertainty
[n] formal accusation of a crime
[n] a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn; "statistical data"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Information: data |
entropy |
info |
selective information
Related Terms | Find terms related to Information: accusal |
accusation |
accusing |
acquaintance |
advice |
ALGOL |
allegation |
allegement |
alphabetic data |
alphanumeric code |
angular data |
answer |
arraignment |
assembler |
bail |
bill of particulars |
binary digit |
binary scale |
binary system |
bit |
blame |
brass tacks |
bringing of charges |
bringing to book |
broadcast journalism |
bug |
byte |
catechization |
charge |
coaching |
COBOL |
command pulses |
commands |
commerce |
communication |
communion |
compiler |
complaint |
computer code |
computer language |
computer program |
congress |
connection |
contact |
control signals |
controlled quantity |
conversation |
converse |
corpus |
correcting signals |
correspondence |
count |
data |
datum |
dealing |
dealings |
delation |
denouncement |
denunciation |
didactics |
direction |
dirt |
dope |
edification |
education |
enlightenment |
error |
error signals |
ESP |
essential facts |
essentials |
exchange |
experience |
expertise |
facts |
factual base |
familiarity |
feedback pulses |
feedback signals |
film data |
FORTRAN |
gen |
guidance |
hexadecimal system |
illumination |
impeachment |
implication |
imputation |
indictment |
info |
innuendo |
input data |
input quantity |
insinuation |
instruction |
instructions |
intelligence |
interaction |
interchange |
intercommunication |
intercommunion |
intercourse |
interplay |
intimacy |
journalism |
ken |
know-how |
knowing |
knowledge |
lawsuit |
laying of charges |
linguistic intercourse |
lore |
low-down |
machine language |
message |
multiple messages |
news |
news agency |
news medium |
news service |
newsiness |
newsletter |
newsmagazine |
newspaper |
newsworthiness |
noise |
numeric data |
octal system |
oscillograph data |
output data |
output quantity |
pedagogics |
pedagogy |
plaint |
play |
polar data |
poop |
practical knowledge |
presentment |
press association |
private knowledge |
private teaching |
privity |
programmed instruction |
prosecution |
punch-card data |
radio |
random data |
ratio cognoscendi |
rectangular data |
reeducation |
reference quantity |
reply |
report |
reportage |
reproach |
response |
ruly English |
schooling |
science |
self-instruction |
self-knowledge |
self-teaching |
signals |
single messages |
social intercourse |
speaking |
speech |
speech circuit |
speech situation |
spoon-feeding |
suit |
talking |
taxing |
teaching |
technic |
technics |
technique |
telegraph agency |
telepathy |
television |
the data |
the details |
the dope |
the facts |
the fourth estate |
the information |
the particulars |
the picture |
the press |
the scoop |
the score |
the specifics |
the whole story |
tidings |
touch |
traffic |
truck |
true bill |
tuition |
tutelage |
tutorage |
tutoring |
tutorship |
two-way communication |
unorganized data |
unspoken accusation |
veiled accusation |
visible-speech data |
wire service |
wisdom |
word
See Also | accumulation |
accusal |
accusation |
acquaintance |
aggregation |
arcanum |
assemblage |
background |
background knowledge |
circumstance |
cognition |
collection |
condition |
confirmation |
consideration |
content |
conversance |
conversancy |
course of study |
curriculum |
data format |
data formatting |
data point |
database |
datum |
details |
evidence |
evidence |
example |
fact |
fact |
factoid |
familiarity |
format |
formatting |
gen |
grounds |
illustration |
information measure |
input |
inside information |
insider information |
instance |
intelligence |
intelligence information |
knowledge |
material |
message |
misinformation |
news |
noesis |
nuts and bolts |
predictor |
program |
propaganda |
raw data |
report |
report card |
representative |
secret |
stimulant |
stimulation |
stimulus |
study |
stuff |
subject matter |
substance |
syllabus |
tabular matter |
tabulation |
tidings |
tip-off |
word
Information In Webster's Dictionary
\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}.
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