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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) | ||
information n 1: a message received and understood [syn: information, info] 2: knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction 3: formal accusation of a crime 4: a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn; "statistical data" [syn: data, information] 5: (communication theory) a numerical measure of the uncertainty of an outcome; "the signal contained thousands of bits of information" [syn: information, selective information, entropy] | ||
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
Information \In`for*ma"tion\, n. [F., fr. L. informatio representation, conception. See Inform, v. t.] 1. The act of informing, or communicating knowledge or intelligence. [1913 Webster] The active informations of the intellect. --South. [1913 Webster] 2. Any fact or set of facts, knowledge, news, or advice, whether communicated by others or obtained by personal study and investigation; any datum that reduces uncertainty about the state of any part of the world; intelligence; knowledge derived from reading, observation, or instruction. [1913 Webster +PJC] Larger opportunities of information. --Rogers. [1913 Webster] He should get some information in the subject he intends to handle. --Swift. [1913 Webster] 3. (Law) A proceeding in the nature of a prosecution for some offense against the government, instituted and prosecuted, really or nominally, by some authorized public officer on behalf of the government. It differs from an indictment in criminal cases chiefly in not being based on the finding of a grand jury. See Indictment. [1913 Webster] 4. (Information Theory) A measure of the number of possible choices of messages contained in a symbol, signal, transmitted message, or other information-bearing object; it is usually quantified as the negative logarithm of the number of allowed symbols that could be contained in the message; for logarithms to the base 2, the measure corresponds to the unit of information, the hartley, which is log210, or 3.323 bits; called also information content. The smallest unit of information that can be contained or transmitted is the bit, corresponding to a yes-or-no decision. [PJC] 5. (Computers) Useful facts, as contrasted with raw data; as, among all this data, there must be some interesting information. [PJC] | ||
3. The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018) | ||
information The result of applying data processing to data, giving it context and meaning. Information can then be further processed to yeild knowledge. People or computers can find patterns in data to perceive information, and information can be used to enhance knowledge. Since knowledge is prerequisite to wisdom, we always want more data and information. But, as modern societies verge on information overload, we especially need better ways to find patterns. 1234567.89 is data. "Your bank balance has jumped 8087% to $1234567.89" is information. "Nobody owes me that much money" is knowledge. "I'd better talk to the bank before I spend it, because of what has happened to other people" is wisdom. (2007-09-10) | ||
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