information (noun)

  • 41information warfare — noun 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… …

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  • 42information superhighway — noun Date: 1983 a telecommunications infrastructure or system (as of television, telephony, or computer networks) used for widespread and usually rapid access to information; especially Internet called also infobahn, information highway …

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  • 43information security — noun The protection of information and information systems from unauthorized access and disruption. Syn: infosec …

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  • 44information technology — noun a) the practice of creating and/or studying computer systems and applications b) the computing department of an organization <! Is sense 2 real? It sounds odd. I cant imagine anyone using the full phrase information technology department… …

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  • 45information theory — noun A branch of applied mathematics and engineering involving the quantification of information sent over a communication channel, disregarding the meaning of the sent messages, exemplified by the . See Also: informatics, information science …

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  • 46information warfare — noun The use and management of information in pursuit of an advantage over an opponent, such as propaganda, disinformation, and gathering assurances that ones own information is accurate. Syn: infowar …

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  • 47information overload — noun The inability to process everything one hears and sees; the availability or supply of too much information, or a state of stress which results. Some news executives attribute this youthful apathy to information overload and the explosion of… …

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  • 48information velocity — noun a) The speed at which information is transmitted through a particular medium b) The speed of information flow about a product in a market …

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  • 49information — noun /ˌɪnfəˈmeɪʃən,ˌɪnfəɹˈmeɪʃən/ a) Things that are or can be known about a given topic; communicable knowledge of something. I need some more information about this issue. b) The act of informing or imparting knowledge; notification …

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  • 50information theory — noun the mathematical study of the coding of information in the form of sequences of symbols, impulses, etc. and of how rapidly such information can be transmitted …

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