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information
Found in thesaurus: content, message, substance, subject matter, assemblage, aggregation, collection, accumulation, cognition, knowledge, noesis, information measure, accusal, accusation
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information
n.
knowledge, intelligence, data; act of providing knowledge; formal criminal charge presented by a public officer (Law)
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Information
Information (shortened as info) is that which informs. In other words, it is the answer to a question of some kind. It is also that from which data and knowledge can be derived, as data represents values attributed to parameters, and knowledge signifies understanding of real things or abstract concepts. As it regards data, the information's existence is not necessarily coupled to an observer (it exists beyond an event horizon, for example), while in the case of knowledge, the information requires a cognitive observer.
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information
Noun
1. a message received and understood
(synonym) info
(hypernym) message, content, subject matter, substance
(hyponym) ammunition
(derivation) inform
2. a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn; "statistical data"
(synonym) data
(hypernym) collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage
(hyponym) accounting data
(derivation) inform
3. knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction
(hypernym) cognition, knowledge, noesis
(hyponym) datum, data point
(derivation) inform
4. (communication theory) a numerical measure of the uncertainty of an outcome; "the signal contained thousands of bits of information"
(synonym) selective information, entropy
(hypernym) information measure
(classification) communications, communication theory
5. formal accusation of a crime
(hypernym) accusation, accusal
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Information (die)
nf.
information, knowledge, intelligence, data
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information
nf.
information, news, report, edition, enquiry, news item
