Definition: Information
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(Short form: info)
- A collection of related data.
- Knowledge about a topic.
- Data that have been processed into a format that is understandable by its intended audience.
- A service provided by telephone which provides listed telephone numbers of a subscriber: see 411.
- answer to a question, minimal part of information is bit (2), which is answer yes or no.
- (countable, Template:Context 1) A sworn statement by an authorized official filed in court briefly describing the nature of each charge against a suspect, tantamount to an indictment but without the involvement of a grand jury.
Derived terms
- informatics
- informationism
- informationist
- information retrieval
- information science
- information society
- information superhighway
- information theory
Related terms
- inform
- informant
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