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1Information overload — refers to excess amounts of information being provided, making the processing and absorbing tasks very difficult for the individual because we cannot see the validity behind the information (Yang, 2003 [Yang, C.C. (2003) Decision Support Systems …
2Information visualization — the interdisciplinary study of the visual representation of large scale collections of non numerical information, such as files and lines of code in software systems [S.G. Eick (1994). Graphically displaying text . In: Journal of Computational… …
3Information needs — Information need is an individual or group s desire to locate and obtain information to satisfy a conscious or unconscious need. The ‘information’ and ‘need’ in ‘information need’ are inseparable interconnection. Needs and interests call forth… …
4Information seeking — is the process or activity of attempting to obtain information in both human and technological contexts. Information seeking is related to, but yet different from, information retrieval (IR). Traditionally, IR tools have been designed for IR… …
5information processing — Acquisition, recording, organization, retrieval, display, and dissemination of information. Today the term usually refers to computer based operations. Information processing consists of locating and capturing information, using software to… …
6Information and communication technologies for development — An OLPC class in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia …
7Information science — Not to be confused with Information theory. Contents 1 Introduction 2 A multitude of information sciences? 3 Definitions of information science 4 History …
8information fatigue syndrome — n. The weariness and stress that result from having to deal with excessive amounts of information. Also: IFS. Example Citation: Psychologist Dr David Lewis, who was involved in preparing the report, suggested that a new phenomenon, information… …
9Information theoretic security — A cryptosystem is information theoretically secure if its security derives purely from information theory. That is, it is secure even when the adversary has unbounded computing power. An example of an information theoretically secure cryptosystem …
10Information — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Information >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 information information enlightenment acquaintance knowledge &c. 490 Sgm: N 1 publicity publicity &c. 531 GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 communication communication …
