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

   Information warfare is the use and management of information and communication technology in pursuit of a competitive advantage over an opponent. This includes various methods of disruption, deception, corruption or destruction of an enemy's information and communication systems, as well as the protection and strengthening of one's own. It can involve activities such as hacking, propaganda, misinformation, psychological operations, and electronic or cyber warfare. It could be utilized in military, political, or social scenarios.

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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. Alina Polyakova:

   We're in a serious crisis situation right now, and we're in an information warfare situation where maybe suspending these accounts, if not banning them for all eternity, would make a lot of sense, for now [ the platforms ] have stuck to a more free-speech approach rather than a blocking approach, which I also understand, but again, we're in a very different situation when it comes to what's happening in Ukraine right now.

2. Senate Intelligence Committee:

   Russia is waging an information warfare campaign against the U.S. that didnt start and didnt end with the 2016 election.

3. Hank Thomas:

   They're playing the long game. They have been able to use cyber to facilitate all sorts of things beyond just information warfare.

4. Hillary Clinton:

   The forces at work in the 2016 election in the United States are still with us and not only in my country but around the world, it was a perfect storm: deep currents of anger and resentment flowing through our culture. Our political press that told voters my emails were the most important story. The unprecedented intervention in our election by the FBI director. The information warfare waged from within the Kremlin.

5. 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?

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. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=information warfare