Definitions for information warfare
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1. information warfare, IWnoun

   the use of information or information technology during a time of crisis or conflict to achieve or promote specific objectives over a specific adversary or adversaries

   "not everyone agrees that information warfare is limited to the realm of traditional warfare"

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1. information warfarenoun

   The use and management of information in pursuit of an advantage over an opponent, such as propaganda, disinformation, and gathering assurances that one's own information is accurate.

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1. Information warfare

   Information warfare (IW) (as different from cyber warfare that attacks computers, software, and command control systems) is a concept involving the battlespace use and management of information and communication technology (ICT) in pursuit of a competitive advantage over an opponent. Information warfare is the manipulation of information trusted by a target without the target's awareness so that the target will make decisions against their interest but in the interest of the one conducting information warfare. As a result, it is not clear when information warfare begins, ends, and how strong or destructive it is. Information warfare may involve the collection of tactical information, assurance(s) that one's information is valid, spreading of propaganda or disinformation to demoralize or manipulate the enemy and the public, undermining the quality of the opposing force's information and denial of information-collection opportunities to opposing forces. Information warfare is closely linked to psychological warfare.The United States military focus tends to favor technology and hence tends to extend into the realms of electronic warfare, cyberwarfare, information assurance and computer network operations, attack, and defense. Most of the rest of the world use the much broader term of "Information Operations" which, although making use of technology, focuses on the more human-related aspects of information use, including (amongst many others) social network analysis, decision analysis, and the human aspects of command and control.

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1. Information warfare

   The term Information Warfare is primarily an American concept involving the use and management of information technology in pursuit of a competitive advantage over an opponent. Information warfare may involve collection of tactical information, assurance that one's own information is valid, spreading of propaganda or disinformation to demoralize or manipulate the enemy and the public, undermining the quality of opposing force information and denial of information-collection opportunities to opposing forces. Information warfare is closely linked to psychological warfare. The American focus tends to favor technology, and hence tends to extend into the realms of Electronic Warfare, Cyber Warfare, Information Assurance and Computer Network Operations / Attack / Defence. Most of the rest of the world use the much broader term of "Information Operations" which, although making use of technology, focuses on the more human-related aspects of information use, including social network analysis, decision analysis and the human aspects of Command and Control.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of information warfare in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of information warfare in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of information warfare in a Sentence

1. Brett Bruen:

   Countering information warfare requires someone who understands the threat and the sophisticated tools needed to defend our democracy, we currently lack a strategy, resources and time.

2. Rebekah Koffler:

   Both sides right now are waging information warfare on each other, it's very long and incorporates all kinds of things. If he's really an FSB officer in the middle of this conflict right now, who has the time to write such a long post that would incorporate all these various things?

3. Keenan Reynolds:

   Got my first choice, Information Warfare!

4. Eugene Remer:

   [ Russia’s ] leaders have embraced a wide range of tools — information warfare in all its forms, including subversion, deception, dis - and misinformation, this toolkit has deep historical roots in the Soviet era and performs the function of the equalizer that in the eyes of The Kremlin is intended to make up for Russia’s weakness vis a vis the West.

5. Jennifer Mercieca:

   Information warfare was always going to be a part of this, obviously the Russians have been highly evolving their information war operations over the last five or six years. We certainly have seen the effects of that on Jennifer Mercieca politics, on Brexit, on other kinds of campaigns around the world.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=information warfare
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Information_Warfare
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_Warfare
4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=information warfare