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information
  1. Things that are or can be known about a given topic; communicable knowledge of something. [from 14th c.]
  2. The act of informing or imparting knowledge; notification. [from 14th c.]
  3. (law) A statement of criminal activity brought before a judge or magistrate; in the UK, used to inform a magistrate of an offence and request a warrant; in the US, an accusation brought before a judge without a grand jury indictment. [from 15th c.]
  4. (obsolete) The act of informing against someone, passing on incriminating knowledge; accusation. [14th-17th c.]
  5. (now rare) The systematic imparting of knowledge; education, training. [from 14th c.]
  6. (now rare) The creation of form; the imparting of a given quality or characteristic; forming, animation. [from 17th c.]
  7. (computing) […] the meaning that a human assigns to data by means of the known conventions used in its representation.
  8. (Christianity) Divine inspiration. [from 15th c.]
  9. A service provided by telephone which provides listed telephone numbers of a subscriber. [from 20th c.]
  10. (information theory) Any unambiguous abstract data, the smallest possible unit being the bit. [from 20th c.]
  11. As contrasted with data, information is processed to extract relevant data. [from late 20th c.]
  12. (IT industry jargon) Any ordered sequence of symbols (or signals) (that could contain a message). [from late 20th c.]
  13. Synonyms:
  14. Examples:
    1. “The witness will be providing information about what transpired.”
      “Do you have any information on the demonstrations outside the embassy?”
      “For your information, your mother-in-law will be in town shortly.”
informationism
  1. A significant ideology that information has power when disseminated.
  2. The use of information as a weapon.
  3. The act of countering government propaganda.
  4. The act of undermining advertising.
informer
  1. One who informs someone else about something.
  2. A person who tells authorities about improper or illegal activity.
  3. One who informs, animates, or inspires.
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “Nothing fragments group solidarity and self-confidence like the gnawing suspicion of having an informer in your midst.”
      “The informer said that, unbeknown to retailers, it could be as long as 20 days from slaughter to final use-by date for a raw chicken breast.”
      “One's alleged to have hired down a police informer as a hit man, and they give him bail.”
informant
  1. One who relays confidential information to someone, especially to the police; an informer.
  2. (linguistics) A native speaker who acts as a linguistic reference for a language being studied. The informant demonstrates native pronunciation, provides grammaticality judgments regarding linguistic well-formedness, and may also explain cultural references and other important contextual information.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “An informant told them that the riot was between the peace bureau and a group of politicians.”
      “I came to know who the informant was because of a leak in the Crown attorney's office.”
      “I have also twice had the experience of suddenly recognizing the description of another anthropologist's informant as a mutual friend.”
infostructure
  1. The technical infrastructure supporting an information system.
  2. The design of an information resource, such as a web site, so that it can be used and navigated efficiently.
  3. Examples:
    1. “Ontario, Newfoundland, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan require more time and funding to complete implementation of the infostructure.”
      “In all cases, analysis of the infostructure elements and impacts must be part of a comprehensive health technology policy analysis.”
      “Addresses the building of the infostructure components to support e-Health solutions, change management, Help Desk, technical infrastructure, telecommunications, application maintenance and upgrades.”
informationist
  1. One who gathers, analyzes, interprets and uses information. This can be used as a job title.
  2. One who practices informationism.
infovore
infoset
  1. (computing) An abstract data model of an XML document in terms of a set of information items.
infoholic
  1. (informal) A person who has an insatiable desire for news and information, especially when obtained online.
infodemic
  1. (informal) An excessive amount of information concerning a problem such that the solution is made more difficult
infographic
  1. A visual representation of information.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The appeal of the infographic over a traditional article is that they are more likely to be linked, and easy to share.”
      “The April 2002 issue of Wired contains an infographic of wireless access points across the United States.”
      “Anyway, the wealth of info behind that infographic on the website is fascinating and a little scary, if potentially hawkish.”
infoscape
infotopia
informavore
  1. An infovore; one who eagerly acquires information.
  2. Synonyms:
infosphere
infosheet
  1. A sheet of information; a short informative document.
infographics
  1. The visual representation of data
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “It is just one long block of text, after all, unbroken by alluring pictures, snappy captions, or eye-grabbing infographics.”
      “Colour on every page means not only the opportunity for better photos, but also diagrams, infographics etc.”
      “Download pdfs of our infographics that map out the current systems.”
informee
  1. One who is informed, who receives information.
informativeness
  1. The condition of being informative; clarity
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The informativeness of the lecture made it easy to understand the complex subject matter.”
      “For maximum informativeness, each pedigree collected consisted of 4 grandparents, 2 parents, and 6-11 offspring.”
      “Is writing style related to readers' assessments of a story in terms of its interestingness, informativeness, dullness and other story characteristics?”
infoline
  1. A helpline providing information.
infotrash
  1. Information of low quality or value.
informativity
  1. The condition of being informative
informedness
  1. the state or quality of being informed
  2. Examples:
    1. “A more complete explanation of consumer behavior is based on informedness and pursuit of. products that truly meet individual wants and needs.”
      “Historically, informedness of economic agents via price stability has been a rationale for the money supply rule derived from the Quantity Theory of Money.”
      “The matter of fact is an accent, which we put on the curiousness of employees with the goods a nd informedness the consumer of his goods.”
informivore
  1. Alternative form of informavore
  2. Synonyms:
informationlessness
  1. Absence of information.
  2. Examples:
    1. “The older idea that informationlessness was to be equated with uniform distributions is vulnerable to the transformational paradoxes.”
      “But, Wallace observed, information is not synonymous with meaning, and the meaning of a canon's informationlessness is the certainty of its contents.”
infographics
  1. plural of infographic
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “It is just one long block of text, after all, unbroken by alluring pictures, snappy captions, or eye-grabbing infographics.”
      “Colour on every page means not only the opportunity for better photos, but also diagrams, infographics etc.”
      “Download pdfs of our infographics that map out the current systems.”
informor
  1. Rare spelling of informer.
informour
  1. (rare) Obsolete form of informer.
info
  1. (informal) information.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “About a year later, I received some info about a weekend event to be held in Lake Placid.”
      “Sometimes, you can make the best decision based on the info that you have, yet the world falls apart and that is just bad luck.”
      “Sayles chokes you with enough info to fill a documentary and asks you to chew on it for a while.”
informationists
  1. plural of informationist
infostructures
  1. plural of infostructure
informations
  1. plural of information
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “When the justices purported to commit the appellant on these informations, they were doing something which in law they had no power to do.”
      “The rule developed during a period of extreme formality and technicality in the preferring of indictments and laying of informations.”
      “However, the duty of the court is to hear informations which are properly before it.”
informivores
informavores
  1. plural of informavore
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “If they're right, their results could help others design websites and search tools that are as alluring to informavores as flowers are to bees.”
      “If we are truly committed to student-centered learning, then empowering students to become effective informavores is a worthy goal.”
infospheres
infodemics
  1. plural of infodemic
  2. Examples:
    1. “Join top CEOs to explore which risks are most susceptible to infodemics and, together, develop new strategies in reputation risk management.”
informours
  1. plural of informour
infosheets
  1. plural of infosheet
infotopias
  1. plural of infotopia
informants
  1. plural of informant
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Tripartism allows them to extend their oversight by using other stakeholders as informants and agents for change.”
      “Galster meets with one of his informants, a former go-go girl based in Pattaya, a hub of black-market activity.”
      “If they do not do so, that duty falls upon other qualified informants, which includes anyone present at the birth or having charge of the child.”
infoscapes
  1. plural of infoscape
infoholics
  1. plural of infoholic
infolines
  1. plural of infoline
informees
  1. plural of informee
informers
  1. plural of informer
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Honor was permanently surrendered for the king's shilling as otherwise decent men chose to become informers.”
      “Hochhuth claimed that he had sworn statements from secret informers witnessed by eminent academics.”
      “Some of the papers contained highly sensitive details of informers and information supplied to Special Branch.”
infovores
informors
  1. plural of informor
infosets
  1. plural of infoset
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