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The definition of information is news or knowledge received or given.
(noun)An example of information is what's given to someone who asks for background about something.
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See information in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
- an informing or being informed; esp., a telling or being told of something
- something told; news; intelligence; word
- knowledge acquired in any manner; facts; data; learning; lore
- a person or agency answering questions as a service to others
- in information theory and computer science, a precise measure of the information content of a message, measured in bits and ranging from zero when the entire message is known in advance to some maximum when nothing is known of its content
- any data that can be stored in and retrieved from a computer
- Law an accusation, under oath, of a criminal offense, not by indictment of a grand jury, but by a public officer, such as a prosecutor
Origin: ME informacioun < OFr information < L informatio, a representation, outline, sketch
Related Forms:
- informational adjective
See information in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- Knowledge derived from study, experience, or instruction.
- Knowledge of specific events or situations that has been gathered or received by communication; intelligence or news. See Synonyms at knowledge.
- A collection of facts or data: statistical information.
- The act of informing or the condition of being informed; communication of knowledge: Safety instructions are provided for the information of our passengers.
- Computer Science Processed, stored, or transmitted data.
- A numerical measure of the uncertainty of an experimental outcome.
- Law A formal accusation of a crime made by a public officer rather than by grand jury indictment.
Related Forms:
- inˌfor·maˈtion·al adjective
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