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1Information source — * In mathematics, see the article Information source (mathematics) . Source means the origin of something. An information source is a source of information for somebody, i.e. anything that might inform a person about something or provide… …
2Source criticism — This entry is about source evaluation (or information evaluation) in an interdisciplinary context and thus not limited to some discipline specific understanding of the term source criticism . A source (an information source) may be a document, a… …
3Information theory — Not to be confused with Information science. Information theory is a branch of applied mathematics and electrical engineering involving the quantification of information. Information theory was developed by Claude E. Shannon to find fundamental… …
4Information retrieval — This article is about information retrieval in general. For the fictional government department, see Brazil (film). Information retrieval (IR) is the area of study concerned with searching for documents, for information within documents, and for… …
5Science — This article is about the general term, particularly as it refers to experimental sciences. For the specific topics of study by scientists, see Natural science. For other uses, see Science (disambiguation) …
6Information ecology — In the context of an evolving information society, the term information ecology marks a connection between ecological ideas with the dynamics and properties of the increasingly dense, complex and important digital informational environment and… …
7Information hiding — This article is about the computer programming concept. For the practice of hiding data in a message or file, see Steganography. For data encryption, see Obfuscated code. In computer science, information hiding is the principle of segregation of… …
8Information 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… …
9Information and Communication Technologies for Development — (ICT4D) is a general term referring to the application of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) within the field of socio economic development. ICTs can be applied either in the direct sense, where their use directly benefits the… …
10Science and technology in the People's Republic of China — has been growing rapidly. As China develops and becomes more connected to the global economy, the government has placed a stronger emphasis on science and technology as an integral part of the socio economic development of the country. This has… …
