Definitions for Information
ˌɪn fərˈmeɪ ʃənIn·for·ma·tion

Princeton's WordNet(3.80 / 10 votes)Rate this definition:

1. information, info(noun)

   a message received and understood

2. information(noun)

   knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction

3. information(noun)

   formal accusation of a crime

4. data, information(noun)

   a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn

   "statistical data"

5. information, selective information, entropy(noun)

   (communication theory) a numerical measure of the uncertainty of an outcome

   "the signal contained thousands of bits of information"

GCIDE(4.66 / 9 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Information(n.)

   (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.

   Etymology: [F., fr. L. informatio representation, conception. See Inform, v. t.]

2. Information(n.)

   (Computers) Useful facts, as contrasted with raw data; as, among all this data, there must be some interesting information.

   Etymology: [F., fr. L. informatio representation, conception. See Inform, v. t.]

3. Information(n.)

   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.

   Etymology: [F., fr. L. informatio representation, conception. See Inform, v. t.]

Wiktionary(3.91 / 11 votes)Rate this definition:

1. information(Noun)

   Things that are or can be known about a given topic; communicable knowledge of something.

   I need some more information about this issue.

   Etymology: From informacioun, enformation et al., informacion, enformacion et al. (French: information), and their source, informatio, from the participle stem of informare.

2. information(Noun)

   The act of informing or imparting knowledge; notification.

   For your information, I did this because I wanted to.

   Etymology: From informacioun, enformation et al., informacion, enformacion et al. (French: information), and their source, informatio, from the participle stem of informare.

3. information(Noun)

   A statement of criminal activity brought before a judge or magistrate; in the UK, used to inform a magistrate of an offence and request a warrant; in the US, an accusation brought before a judge without a grand jury indictment.

   Etymology: From informacioun, enformation et al., informacion, enformacion et al. (French: information), and their source, informatio, from the participle stem of informare.

4. information(Noun)

   The act of informing against someone, passing on incriminating knowledge; accusation.

   Etymology: From informacioun, enformation et al., informacion, enformacion et al. (French: information), and their source, informatio, from the participle stem of informare.

5. information(Noun)

   The systematic imparting of knowledge; education, training.

   Etymology: From informacioun, enformation et al., informacion, enformacion et al. (French: information), and their source, informatio, from the participle stem of informare.

6. information(Noun)

   The creation of form; the imparting of a given quality or characteristic; forming, animation.

   Etymology: From informacioun, enformation et al., informacion, enformacion et al. (French: information), and their source, informatio, from the participle stem of informare.

7. information(Noun)

   Divine inspiration.

   Etymology: From informacioun, enformation et al., informacion, enformacion et al. (French: information), and their source, informatio, from the participle stem of informare.

8. information(Noun)

   Any unambiguous abstract data, the smallest possible unit being the bit.

   Etymology: From informacioun, enformation et al., informacion, enformacion et al. (French: information), and their source, informatio, from the participle stem of informare.

9. information(Noun)

   A service provided by telephone which provides listed telephone numbers of a subscriber.

   Etymology: From informacioun, enformation et al., informacion, enformacion et al. (French: information), and their source, informatio, from the participle stem of informare.

10. information(Noun)

    As contrasted with data, knowledge which is gathered as a result of processing data.

    And as you can see in this slide, we then take the raw data and convert it into information.

    Etymology: From informacioun, enformation et al., informacion, enformacion et al. (French: information), and their source, informatio, from the participle stem of informare.

Wikipedia(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Information

   Information can be thought of as the resolution of uncertainty; it is that which answers the question of "what an entity is" and thus defines both its essence and nature of its characteristics. The concept of information has different meanings in different contexts. Thus the concept becomes related to notions of constraint, communication, control, data, form, education, knowledge, meaning, understanding, mental stimuli, pattern, perception, representation, and entropy. Information is associated with data, as data represents values attributed to parameters, and information is data in context and with meaning attached. Information also relates to knowledge, as knowledge signifies understanding of an abstract or concrete concept.In terms of communication, information is expressed either as the content of a message or through direct or indirect observation. That which is perceived can be construed as a message in its own right, and in that sense, information is always conveyed as the content of a message. Information can be encoded into various forms for transmission and interpretation (for example, information may be encoded into a sequence of signs, or transmitted via a signal). It can also be encrypted for safe storage and communication. The uncertainty of an event is measured by its probability of occurrence and is inversely proportional to that. The more uncertain an event, the more information is required to resolve uncertainty of that event. The bit is a typical unit of information, but other units such as the nat may be used. For example, the information encoded in one "fair" coin flip is log2(2/1) = 1 bit, and in two fair coin flips is log2(4/1) = 2 bits.

Webster Dictionary(3.67 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Information(verb)

   the act of informing, or communicating knowledge or intelligence

   Etymology: [F., fr. L. informatio representation, conception. See Inform, v. t.]

2. Information(verb)

   news, advice, or knowledge, communicated by others or obtained by personal study and investigation; intelligence; knowledge derived from reading, observation, or instruction

   Etymology: [F., fr. L. informatio representation, conception. See Inform, v. t.]

3. Information(verb)

   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

   Etymology: [F., fr. L. informatio representation, conception. See Inform, v. t.]

Freebase(3.38 / 8 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Information

   Information, in its general sense, is "Knowledge communicated or received concerning a particular fact or circumstance". Information cannot be predicted and resolves uncertainty. The uncertainty of an event is measured by its probability of occurrence and is inversely proportional to that. The more uncertain an event is more information is required to resolve uncertainty of that event. The amount of information is measured in bits. Example: information in one "fair" coin flip: log2 = 1 bit, and in two fair coin flips is log2 = 2 bits. Information, in its most restricted technical sense, is a sequence of symbols that can be interpreted as a message. Information can be recorded as signs, or transmitted as signals. Information is any kind of event that affects the state of a dynamic system. Conceptually, information is the message being conveyed. The meaning of this concept varies in different contexts. Moreover, the concept of information is closely related to notions of constraint, communication, control, data, form, instruction, knowledge, meaning, understanding, mental stimuli, pattern, perception, representation, and entropy.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms(2.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. information

   1. Facts, data, or instructions in any medium or form. 2. The meaning that a human assigns to data by means of the known conventions used in their representation.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. information

   In admiralty courts, implies a clause introduced into a citation, intimating that in the event of a party cited not appearing, the court will proceed in his absence.

Editors Contribution(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. information

   Communication or knowledge.

   The new information is easy to understand and contributes to the efficient achievement of the sustainable development goals.

   Submitted by MaryC on March 5, 2020  

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1. information

   The information symbol -- In this Symbols.com article you will learn about the meaning of the information symbol and its characteristic.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Information' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #211

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Information' in Written Corpus Frequency: #449

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Information' in Nouns Frequency: #46

How to pronounce Information?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Information in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Information in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of Information in a Sentence

1. Alex Azar:

   Patient empowerment requires transparency around price and quality, every day, American patients are being taken advantage of by a system that hides critical information from them that they need to make decisions for them and their families.

2. Bradley Podliska:

   I was accused of a security violation along with several other people, when I asked him,' Hey, what here is classified, what classification manual did you use ?' he said,' I didn't use a classification manual.' I said,' Well, honestly ? Like you could have gotten that information from Wikipedia that I put in there. How is this classified ?' And he -- he backed down. He said,' Look, it's not classified, it's just sensitive information.' And I left it at that. And the next thing I know I was being charged with it for a security violation.

3. Bob Pittman:

   You can provide a bridge to understanding, some place that people who want to understand what's going on and want to participate in the Black culture, that they've got a good source for it and a really robust source for that kind of information, that kind of interaction.

4. Vanna Bonta:

   The news is disease in disguise pretending to be information.

5. Paul Willis:

   It seems around 2008 from the information I have at the moment, i knew nothing about this subject until 19 September this year, when I first heard it on the news from the United States.

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